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South Milwaukee Post Office
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South Milwaukee Post Office
Location 2210 10th Ave.
South Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Built 1931
Architect James A. Wetmore
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference No. 00001251
Added to NRHP October 24, 2000

The South Milwaukee Post Office is a Neoclassical-styled U.S. Post office built in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1931. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

History

Designed under James A. Wetmore, the building has brick walls sitting on a limestone foundation. The front entrance passes through a colonnade of eight Ionic columns. A fallout shelter was built inside of it.

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