United States Post Office (Scappoose, Oregon)

The United States Post Office building in Scappoose, Oregon, is the current post office serving the local community (as of 2016) and a recognized historic structure. Built in 1966, it is an essentially intact example of the "Thousand Series" facilities^[a] built under the direction of the Post Office Department in the late 1950s and the 1960s. These buildings, mostly of a modest, Modern style, represent one component of an evolutionary period in post office design between the PWA-led monumental buildings of the Great Depression and the 1971 reorganization of postal services. This period was marked by rapid growth, technological change, and decreased Congressional support for funding new construction.^[1][2]

United States Post Office (Scappoose)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Scappoose Post Office in 2014
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Location	52643 Columbia River Highway Scappoose, Oregon
Coordinates	45°45′34″N 122°52′43″W
Area	39,517 square feet (3,671.2 m2)[1]
Built	1966
Architect	Stanton, Boles, Maguire & Church[1]
Architectural style	Modern
MPS	U.S. Post Office Department Facilities in Oregon 1940-1971 MPS
NRHP reference No.	100000618
Added to NRHP	January 31, 2017

The building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.^[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia County, Oregon

Notes

1. Sources also refer to these facilities as the "Thousands Series".