U.S. Post Office (Las Animas, Colorado)

 post office, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

513 6th Street
Las Animas, CO 81054
(719) 456-0493
Fax: (719) 456-1930

Historic post office listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1936-1938
Architect: Louis A. Simon (US Treasury Department)
Areas of significance: Architecture; Politics/Government
Area: less than 1 acre
Date added to NRHP: 1/16/2008
Other designations: part of the "New Deal Resources on Colorado's Eastern Plains" Multiple Property Submission; listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
Notes: This building was constructed as a depression relief project with resources provided directly by the US Treasury Department. The program provided work for unmarried, unemployed men who were struggling to find work during the Great Depression.