Mantecas Post Office on Maple Avenue was under construction 75 years ago.

The dawn of 2014 will also mark the 106th year of a post office being based in Manteca. Prior to 1908, Manteca was a rural route of the Lathrop post office. The only other post office in the area was at Atlanta on Lone Tree Road at Due Road east of present-day Manteca.

The Maple Avenue location is actually the sixth post office in Manteca.

The first five locations were:

The Cowell & Wiggin General Store starting on July 22, 1908.

The Wiggin Hotel directly across the street from the general store on Yosemite Avenue.

The southwest corner of the IOOF building that now houses Manteca Bedquarters.

The back of the old South San Joaquin Bank building on South Maple that up until a few years ago housed the Bank of the West.

Rented space at the Old City Hall building on Sycamore Avenue.

Mantecas first and only from the ground up post office was built at North Maple Avenue and Center Street. The Mediterranean-style building cost $80,000.

See the rest here:
Manteca Post Office built 75 years ago

Related Posts
December 30, 2013 at 8:44 am by Mr HomeBuilder
Category: Office Building Construction