The Dabney Post Office is a historic post office located on Kentucky Route 39 in Dabney, Kentucky. The one-story wood-frame building served as Dabney's community store and post office. Ped May built the post office around 1900; May ran both the store and the post office. The post office served as the social hub of Dabney, a common function of combination store and post office buildings in Pulaski County; the Dabney Post Office is one of the few surviving buildings of this type. The post office closed in the 1960s.[2]
Dabney Post Office | |
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| Location | KY 39, Dabney, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 37°10′57″N 84°33′0″W / 37.18250°N 84.55000°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | c. 1900 |
| Built by | Ped May |
| MPS | Pulaski County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001954[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 14, 1984 |
The post office was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 1984.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Dabney Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
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