Post Office
In French: Bureau de poste
Also known as Former Post Office
1091 Third Avenue, Dawson
About Post Office
Post Office is one of 4 Classified Federal Heritage Buildings in Dawson. The register gives 1900–1901 for Post Office. Its maker on the record: Thomas W. Fuller. 13 neighbours on the registers lie within 400 m.
The two-storey Post Office, also known as the Former Post Office, is a substantial wooden building, which stands out at the corner of King Street and Third Avenue in the Dawson Historical Complex National Historic Site of Canada. It is a prominent local landmark, distinguished by its three-storey octagonal corner entrance tower. Its regularly spaced windows and pedimented doorway, as well as the detailing of its decorative wood trim, reflect a classical source for its design. The walls are clad in horizontal wood siding. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Post Office · Open Government Licence – Canada · the register’s own words, unchanged
Of the buildings Canada owns, the most significant are Classified.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes
Dawson · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Post OfficeStart here
- 2Winaut's StoreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 100 m on
- 3BYN Ticket OfficeRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 200 m on
- 4KTM BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 300 m on
- 5Harrington’s Store (15)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 100 m on
11 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Post Office
When was Post Office built?
The record of Post Office gives 1900–1901.
Is Post Office protected?
Yes, while the federal government owns it: changes go through its heritage review.
What is Post Office?
Post Office is a Classified Federal Heritage Building, designated in 1989.
Can you visit Post Office?
Its exterior is visible from public ground; access inside is up to the owner.
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Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · 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).