Summit Point Post Offices

Photograph

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Summit Point Post Offices

Entry/Object ID

IMG864 ve2

Description

The first postmaster of Summit Point was appointed September 9, 1836. Upper: Exterior of an old post office at Summit Point with flag flying on pole, 1967. (IMG864) Middle left: Interior of old post office pictured above. Notice the back of the mailboxes on the right, date unknown. (IMG864) Middle right: Original mailboxes from the old Summit Point Post Office are now on display at the Jefferson County Museum, 2015. (#1191) Lower left: Robert Light, whose father built the Summit Point Post Office, is standing in front of the former post office site on the northeast corner of Summit Point Road and Hawthorne Avenue. Photographed by Susan Whitmore in 2014. (IMG2940) Lower right: Current Summit Point Post Office at 117 Hawthorne Avenue in 2014. Photographed by Susan Whitmore. (IMG2953)