- Address
- 695 Prince Street
- Type
- Post Office
- Designated
- 1983
Truro Post Office
In French: Bureau de poste de Truro
695 Prince Street, Truro
About Truro Post Office
Truro Post Office is one of 2 National Historic Sites in Truro. By its record, Truro Post Office was built in 1883–1887. Its makers on the record: Thomas Fuller and Townsend & MacKay.
The Truro Post Office National Historic Site of Canada is a two-and-a-half-storey, brick building constructed during the late 19th century. The post office is located on a prominent corner lot in downtown Truro. The formal recognition consists of the building on its property at the time of designation
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Truro Post Office National Historic Site of Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada · in the register’s words, not edited
National Historic Site status comes on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Finding Truro Post Office
Truro
Nothing else on the registers lies within an easy stroll of it.
Questions about Truro Post Office
Can you visit Truro Post Office?
Yes from the outside; whether it opens its doors is for its owner to say.
What is Truro Post Office?
Truro Post Office is a National Historic Site of Canada, designated in 1983.
Is Truro Post Office protected?
The designation recognizes its national significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Provincial or municipal designation may.
When was Truro Post Office built?
The record of Truro Post Office gives 1883–1887.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).