Old Shepherdstown Post Office

Photograph

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Old Shepherdstown Post Office

Entry/Object ID

IMG3745

Description

The right half of this building on West German Street was once the Shepherdstown Post Office. The first post office in Jefferson County was established in Shepherdstown on June 30, 1792. Prior to 1923, third-class post offices such as Shepherdstown were not supplied with equipment. Shepherdstown was selected as one of two experimental installations to be supplied for the first time at government expense. Hundreds of postmasters throughout the country came to Shepherdstown to voice their approval (Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society, December 2001, p. 37) The first woman to be appointed postmaster in Jefferson County was Mrs. Mary A. Baker of Shepherdstown whose term stretched from May 17, 1867, to April 26, 1869. Stored as a JPEG

Acquisition

Accession

522

Source or Donor

Whitmore, Susan C.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Whitmore, Susan C.

Date made

2020

Place

* Untyped Place

Shepherdstown, West Virginia