National and State Register

Alamosa Post Office

Alamosa County

The Public Works Administration (PWA) constructed the 1935 Alamosa Post Office as a program of the New Deal legislative agenda set forth by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression. 

Photo of the Alamosa Post Office (5AL.258).

Alamosa Post Office (5AL.258).

The post office is significant as an excellent example of the Mixed Style - exhibiting elements of Art Deco, Classical Revival, and the locally prevalent Mission Revival.