1934 Pampa Post Office Building
Pampa, Gray County, Texas
Marker Inscription
A post office was established here in 1892, and in 1902 the town of Pampa was formally platted. Following the discovery of oil in the area in 1926 Pampa experienced a population boom which created a need for a larger post office. Built in 1933-34 by the Works Progress Administration, this structure exhibits Spanish Renaissance Revival architectural influences in its elongated rounded windows, tile roof, arcaded loggia, and decorative modillions and stone work. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1992
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
By the 1930s Pampa was a Panhandle boomtown, its population swelled after oil was discovered in the area in 1926. To serve the growing community, the federal Works Progress Administration built this post office in 1933–34, its Spanish Renaissance Revival styling—tile roof, arcaded loggia, rounded windows, and carved stonework—typical of the ambitious public architecture of the New Deal.
Why it matters
It captures two forces that reshaped Depression-era Texas: the oil boom and the federal building programs that put Americans back to work.
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