Color postcard (14 x 9 cm.) with an exterior view of the South Omaha Post Office building, located at 502 North 24th Street in South Omaha, Nebraska. The 70 by 88 foot building is buff brick, two stories tall, with Classical Revival details including pedimented windows and arched doors on the first floor and six columns on the front. The American flag is flying from the top of the building. The words "Post Office" are in the top left corner and "South Omaha, Neb." in the top right in red type.
South Omaha was platted on July 18, 1884, the post office was established September 22, 1884, and the town incorporated on October 18, 1886. It grew in response to the increasing business of the Union Stockyards. The population in 1900 was 26,001. On June 21, 1915, South Omaha was annexed by the City of Omaha. South Omaha had a number of fine public buildings including a post office, library, and high school. Source: Wakeley, Arthur. Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska, Chicago: S. J. Clarke & Company, c1917, p. 421. This post office building was completed July 1899 at a cost of $84,700 on a site purchased for $15,000. Source: from the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/douglas/DO09-South-Om-Main-St-HD.PDF
