Gary United States Post Office

Art Deco Relic of Gary

The Gary United States Post Office anchors a prominent corner in downtown Gary, Indiana. Designed by architect Howard Lovewell Cheney in the Art Moderne style, the facility opened in 1936 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal public works program. With its mechanized sorting equipment and proximity to an active rail spur, the post office served as a regional hub for northwestern Indiana mail. As U.S. Steel’s fortunes declined and the city’s population plummeted, operations dwindled until the building was shuttered in the fall of 1974.

Moss-covered mailroom inside the abandoned Gary United States Post Office

Pink tile corridor inside the Gary United States Post Office

Broken transom windows inside the Gary United States Post Office lobby

Sorting cabinets inside the abandoned Gary United States Post Office

Doorways opening into the workroom at the abandoned Gary United States Post Office

Graffiti-lined hallway inside the Gary United States Post Office

Vault with the Great Seal inside the Gary United States Post Office

Abandoned school desk in the lobby of the Gary United States Post Office

U-shaped staircase with peeling paint inside the Gary United States Post Office

Historical images

1998 aerial photograph of the Gary United States Post Office

1935-1936 newspaper clippings announcing the Gary United States Post Office

Vintage postcard featuring the Gary United States Post Office

Historic exterior view of the Gary United States Post Office

Sources

Living New Deal - Old Post Office (Gary, IN)
American Urbex - Gary, IN Post Office
Freaktography - Abandoned Gary Indiana Post Office