Downtown Orlando Post Office Action Plan (November 17, 1983)

Downtown Orlando Post Office Action Plan (November 17, 1983)

Downtown Orlando Post Office Action Plan (Nov. 17, 1983)

Orlando (Fla.)

Post offices

An Action Plan for the Downtown Orlando Post Office, dated November 17, 1983. The plan sets forth the goals of the post office and the plan to accomplish the goals. Some of the goals include adjusting carrier routes to eight hours, reducing overtime hours, and increasing productivity. The original post office was housed in the Federal Building, located 44 East Central Boulevard in Downtown Orlando, Florida, from 1917 to 1941. In 1935, when James D. Beggs, Jr. became the postmaster, he began petitioning to move the post office from its Central Boulevard and Court Avenue location to a more spacious building. In 1939, St. James Catholic Church sold a plot of land on Jefferson Street for the new building. The building, located at 51 East Jefferson Street, was designed by Louis A. Simon in the Northern Italian Palazzo Revival-style, and was constructed by J. P. Cullen & Son. The new building opened in 1941 and housed the post office, the courthouse, and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offices. The building was named an Orlando Historic Landmark in 1989. However, it was eventually sold back to the St. James Church. In 2003, the building was renovated and came under joint ownership by both the church and the federal government. Today, the building retains its post office services but also includes offices for the Catholic Diocese.

Original action plan, November 17, 1983: Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck.

1983-11-17

Buck, Texann Ivy

Digital reproduction of original action plan, November 17, 1983.

Downtown Orlando Post Office Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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1-page typewritten action plan

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Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida

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Stoddard, James

Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck

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