Former Summerside Post Office
In French: Hôtel de ville de Summerside
57 Summer Street, Summerside
About Former Summerside Post Office
In Summerside, Former Summerside Post Office is the National Historic Site. Former Summerside Post Office went up in 1883–1888. Its design is credited to Thomas Fuller. Another historic place stands within 400 m of it.
The Former Summerside Post Office is a two-and-a-half-storey, brick building constructed between 1883 and 1887. The formal recognition consists of the building on the legal property on which it sat at the time of recognition.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Former Summerside Post Office National Historic Site of Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada · quoted as the register has it
National Historic Sites are places the Minister of Environment designates, on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, for their national significance.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Summerside · about 300 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Former Summerside Post OfficeStart here
- 2Summerside stationRegistered historic place · 300 m on
Questions about Former Summerside Post Office
Can you visit Former Summerside Post Office?
From outside, yes; going in depends on who owns or runs it.
Is Former Summerside 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 Former Summerside Post Office built?
Work on Former Summerside Post Office is recorded as 1883–1888.
What is Former Summerside Post Office?
Former Summerside Post Office is a National Historic Site of Canada, designated in 1983.
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