Atchison in Atchison County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Atchison Post Office

Post Office NRHP Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2011

1. Post Office NRHP Marker

Inscription. On the Register
of
National Historic
Places

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Communications. In addition, it is included in the Postal Mail and Philately series list.

Location. 39° 33.785′ N, 95° 7.293′ W. Marker is in Atchison, Kansas, in Atchison County. It is at the intersection of Kansas Avenue and 7th Street, on the right when traveling west on Kansas Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 621 Kansas Avenue, Atchison KS 66002, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Atchison, Kansas (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Founding of the Santa Fe Railway (approx. 0.2 miles away); Atchison County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Atchison County World War I Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lynching in America / Lynching of George Johnson (approx. 0.2 miles away); Atchison County Courthouse (approx. ¼ mile away); Lincoln Address (approx. ¼ mile away); Massasoit House (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atchison.

Also see . . . Atchison Post Office National Register Nomination.

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(Submitted on February 25, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Post Office and NRHP Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2011

2. Post Office and NRHP Marker

Atchison Post Office Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2011

3. Atchison Post Office Building

Credits. This page was last revised on September 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 996 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 25, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.