US Post Office-West Chester is a historic post office building located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect James Knox Taylor for the Office of the Supervising Architect, and built in 1907 in the neoclassical style. It was constructed with Cockeysville Marble taken from a quarry near Avondale, Pennsylvania. Thirty years later, the post office was expanded with an addition to the rear of the building, increasing its size to 20,000 square feet.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the West Chester Downtown Historic District in 1985.

United States Post Office (West Chester, Pennsylvania)

In 2013, the West Chester post office was one of the buildings being considered for sale by the United States Postal Service.

United States Post Office (West Chester, Pennsylvania)

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania

United States Post Office (West Chester, Pennsylvania)

References

West Chester

Government buildings completed in 1907

Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania

Buildings and structures in Chester County, Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania