Name/Title
Charles Town Post OfficesEntry/Object ID
IMG29 veDescription
At the time of the establishment of rural free delivery, the post office in Charles Town was located in the Old Market House, also known as Charles Washington Hall. The current post office, at the southwest corner of George and Washington Streets, was built in 1923 on the site of the old Jefferson County Jail.
Upper: Charles Washington Hall with 11 men in front of the post office. The post office was located in this building from the 1880s to 1899. (IMG29)
Middle left: Postcard of Charles Broadway Rouss Memorial Hall on North George Street and, to the right, the post office in St. Margaret's Hall. The post office was located here from 1911 until the new (and current) post office was built in 1923. From the Gary Kable Negative Collection. (IMG3683)
Middle right: Post office under construction in 1922 at the southwest corner of Washington and George Streets. Shown are five unidentified men and, in the background on the left, three unidentified children. From the Edwin A. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Collection. (IMG1793)
Lower: A 1938 photograph of the current post office on the southwest corner of Washington and George Streets. From the Edwin A. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Collection. (IMG1684)