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{{Infobox Historic building
|name                    = Humboldt Post Office
|image                   =  Humboldt Post Office.jpg
|caption                 =  
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|location                =  602 Main Street <br> Main Street and 6th Avenue 
|location_town         = [[Humboldt, Saskatchewan|Humboldt]], [[Saskatchewan]] 
|location_country        = [[Canada]]
|coordinates             = {{coord|52.1991|-105.1230|type:landmark_region:CA|display=inline,title}}
|architect               = [[David Ewart]]
|client                  = [[Public Works and Government Services Canada|Department of Public Works]] 
|engineer                = 
|construction_start_date = 
|completion_date         = 1911
|date_demolished         = 
|cost                    = 
|structural_system       = 
|style                   =  [[Romanesque Revival]] 
|size                    = 
|embedded = {{Designation list |embed=yes |designation1=NHSC |designation1_offname=Humboldt Post Office National Historic Site of Canada |designation1_date=1977 }}
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The historic '''Humboldt Post Office''' building is located at the corner of Main Street and 6th Avenue in [[Humboldt, Saskatchewan|Humboldt]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]]. The building is 2 1/2 storeys with a 4 storey bell and clock tower.  Designed by the chief architect of the Department of Public Works,  [[David Ewart]], the building is the last surviving of a series of very similar buildings under a common theme on the prairies.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140913011453/http://heritageapp.cyr.gov.sk.ca/assets/pdf/708.pdf Description from Provincial Registry of Historical Properties]</ref> The building originally housed a post office, customs, and weights and measures office on the ground floor; customs and inland revenue offices and an office for the commanding officer of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP) on the second floor, while the third floor housed caretaker’s quarters and RCMP offices quarters.<ref>[http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=11807 Canada's Historic Places ]</ref>

The building was designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] in 1977.<ref>{{CRHP|11807|Humboldt Post Office National Historic Site of Canada|17 August 2012}}</ref> It was also designated a municipal historic site in 1984.<ref>{{CRHP|2880|Humboldt Post Office|17 August 2012}}</ref> In 2010, a conservation plan was developed for the building.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111009052257/http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/initiatives/eng/index.asp?mode=8&imode=7&initiativeid=128&id=15694 Funding announcement for conservation plan ]</ref>

The building is currently used to house the Humboldt & District Museum and Gallery.

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[[Category:Humboldt, Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Government buildings completed in 1911]]
[[Category:National Historic Sites in Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:1911 establishments in Saskatchewan]]


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