Humboldt Post Office

Humboldt Post Office

General information
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
Location	602 Main Street Main Street and 6th Avenue
Town or city	Humboldt, Saskatchewan
Country	Canada
Coordinates	52°11′57″N 105°07′23″W / 52.1991°N 105.1230°W / 52.1991; -105.1230Coordinates: 52°11′57″N 105°07′23″W / 52.1991°N 105.1230°W / 52.1991; -105.1230
Completed	1911
Client	Department of Public Works
Design and construction
Architect	David Ewart

National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Humboldt Post Office National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1977

The historic Humboldt Post Office building is located at the corner of Main Street and 6th Avenue in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada. The building is 2 1/2 storeys with a 4 storey bell and clock tower. Designed by the chief architect of the Department of Public Works, David Ewart, the building is the last surviving of a series of very similar buildings under a common theme on the prairies.^[1] The building originally housed a post office, customs, and weights and measures office on the ground floor; customs and inland revenue offices and an office for the commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on the second floor, while the third floor housed caretaker’s quarters and RCMP offices quarters.^[2]

The building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1977.^[3] It was also designated a municipal historic site in 1984.^[4] In 2010, a conservation plan was developed for the building.^[5]

The building is currently used to house the Humboldt & District Museum and Gallery.

References

↑ Description from Provincial Registry of Historical Properties
↑ Canada's Historic Places
↑ Humboldt Post Office National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
↑ Humboldt Post Office. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
↑ Funding announcement for conservation plan

National Historic Sites of Canada by location

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Territories	Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon

Other countries	France

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Protected Areas in Saskatchewan

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National Historic Sites of Canada in Saskatchewan	Addison Sod House Batoche Battle of Cut Knife Battle of Duck Lake Battle of Fish Creek Battleford Court House Bell Farm Biggar Railway Station Canadian Bank of Commerce Claybank Brick Plant College Building Cumberland House Cypress Hills Massacre Doukhobors at Veregin Esterhazy Flour Mill Forestry Farm Park and Zoo Former Prince Albert City Hall Fort de la Corne Fort Battleford Fort Carlton Fort Espérance Fort Livingstone Fort Pelly Fort Pitt Fort Qu'Appelle Fort Walsh Frenchman Butte Government House Gravelbourg Ecclesiastical Buildings Gray Burial Site Holy Trinity Church Humboldt Post Office Île-à-la-Crosse Keyhole Castle Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Moose Jaw Court House Motherwell Homestead Next of Kin Memorial Avenue Old Government House / Saint-Charles Scholasticate Prince Albert Arts Centre Saskatchewan Legislative Building and Grounds Saskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific) Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm Steele Narrows Wanuskewin

Urban and regional parks	Big Dig Carlton Trail Regional Park Cenotaph Fishing Lake Regional Park Palliser Regional Park Statue of Queen Elizabeth II riding Burmese Statue of Sir John A. Macdonald Touchwood Hills Provincial Park Victoria Park Wascana Centre Woody River Recreation Site

Museums	The Evolution of Education Museum Historical Society Museum Mendel Art Gallery RCMP Heritage Centre Rotary Museum of Police and Corrections Royal Saskatchewan Museum Saskatchewan Railway Museum Saskatchewan Western Development Museum

Geography of Saskatchewan	Athabasca Basin Carlton Trail Carswell crater Cypress Hills Deep Bay crater Elbow crater Gow crater Mackenzie dike swarm Madge Lake Maple Creek crater Methye Portage Palliser's Triangle Porcupine Hills Pheasant Creek Red Coat Trail Saskatchewan Valley Spruce Falls, Saskatchewan Viewfield crater Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

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