Jerome Post Office - Old & New

At the Jerome Historical Museum in the old Douglas Mansion, they have a closet-sized exhibit of the old Jerome Post Office.  


Here is the current PO, up the hill on Main Street.


I was looking at photos from our 2019 trip, and the post office looked a lot worse for wear back then:

I don't have much to add, just thought you would enjoy the pictures.

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