Name/Title
Post Office at 238 Butler StreetEntry/Object ID
2022.21.035Description
Simmons 035
Facade of 238 Butler Street, a brick building that served as the Post Office from the 1920s until it moved to two blocks north to 434 Butler Street in 1978. In 2022, the building houses the James Brandess Studio and Gallery.
Index text:
35 0/2 Saugatuck - Buildings Post Office
From photographic negatives created by William R. Simmons, editor of the Commercial Record newspaper between 1941 and 1961.
Caption from the 2001 SDHS book "Off the Record" The Post Office operated out of this building from the 1920s until moving to its present site in 1978. The building to the right was the "Tiny Tavern" — a small restaurant well known for its 5-cent hamburgers, handed over the counter wrapped in waxed paper, and fries. Five cents more for a bottle of pop. It later became the Simmons Restaurant.Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
240 Butler/Blanford Gallery/Taft's Antiques/Simmons of Saugatuck/Tiny Tavern/Schnobel Hardware/Francis Building, Post Office, Saugatuck USPS, James Brandess Gallery/Old Post Office ShopsCollection
William (Bill) SimmonsCataloged By
Winthers, SallyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966, Brandess, JamesCreate Date
March 7, 2022Update Date
February 8, 2024
