Miguel Angel García Méndez Post Office Building
Historic building in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez Post Office Building in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, previously known as the United States Post Office and Courthouse,[2] and also known as Correo Central de Mayagüez is a post office and courthouse facility of the United States, housing operations of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. It was designed by Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and was built in 1935. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as U.S. Post Office and Courthouse.[1] In 2007, the U.S. Congress passed a bill renaming the building for statesman and local government figure Miguel A. García Méndez.[3][4]
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse | |
Location | Candelaria (former McKinley) and Pilar Defillo Streets, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
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Built | 1935 |
Architect | Office of the Supervising Architect |
NRHP reference No. | 86001169[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 21, 1986 |