U.S. Post Office, Lynchburg, VA, 1910
- Subjects
- Post OfficesStreet Scenes
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
The view shows Lynchburg's three-story red brick post office, with a tall square tower, round-arched entrances, and a granite base, at a cobblestone street corner. A tiered fountain and statue stand in the small park at right, while a horse-drawn carriage and pedestrians pass in the foreground. The building was the city's federal post office, a Romanesque Revival design of the 1890s typical of the towered post offices the U.S. Treasury built in Southern cities after the 1880s. The message notes "Another post office to your collection," a reminder that post office views were a popular collecting subject.
Postcard Details
Lynchburg, VA
14 Main St Lockport, NY
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Lynchburg, VA |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Hugh C. Leighton Co. |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Mrs. B. J. Le Valley, 14 Main St, Lockport, NY |
| Place depicted | 1100 Clay Street, U.S. Post Office, Lynchburg, VA, 24504 |
| Publisher | The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Thin white border; grainy, textured color printing; faint circular stain or offset in the sky at upper right; printed artist's monogram/signature at lower right. Postmark: LYNCHBURG NOV 2 3-30P 1910 VA. Divided-back Leighton card printed in Germany; light edge wear and toning, small pencil price at top right. |
Cite this card
U.S. Post Office, Lynchburg, VA, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/u-s-post-office-lynchburg-va-1910. Accessed November 13, 2026.