The original Riley Store, a wooden structure operated by Patrick and Mary Riley was replaced by this brick building at the corner of Minnesota and Vine Streets (now 123rd Street and Ottawa Avenue) Savage, Minnesota. After Riley's closed the store, it was sold and later became the home of the Savage Post Office and other small businesses. The building was torn down in 2000 for the Hamilton Apartments and Business Center.
Some sources say the community was named for Tom Penasse, an American Indian from the area, who may be the man pictured. The sign reads, "United States Post Office Penasse Minnesota, The Most Northerly P.O. in U.S.A." Penasse, Minnesota is located in the northern part of Minnesota's Northwest Angle in Lake of the Woods County.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Students from The College of St. Scholastica are shown at the post office. Pictured left to right are Jean Shea, Doris Gleason behind window, and Mary Kelly.
This building looks exactly the same today as it did when built back in the 1930s. On the interior there are murals of miners and wildlife painted during the Great Depression through the New Deal art projects by Minnesota artist Elsa Jemne.
This photograph shows Bill Holz in front of the Post Office in St. Peter, which is on the southwest corner of the intersection of Third and Nassau Streets, facing Third. The fire siren at the Fire Station next to the Post Office can be seen at the far left.
Exterior of the Virginia post office, at the corner of 3rd Avenue West and 1st Street South (formerly, South Wyoming Avenue and Maple Street). The Mesaba Electric Railway Company's trolley tracks can be seen in the foreground.
Interior view of the Holland post office, behind counter. Two men at sorting counter. Man standing identified as Frank Judevine. Two calendars on wall, either April or May, 1913.
Interior view of the Holland post office. Man behind the counter identified as Frank Judevine. Shows mailbox cubbies, a mail order window and cards for purchase under glass counter.
Exterior view of Lee's Store & Post Office in Wannaska. Several people are sitting and standing on front porch. The sign above the door reads "Post Office." There is a bicycle leaning against a post on the side of the building. Individuals in the photograph are: Joe Hagen, Mrs. A. O. Hagen, Laura Hagen, Mrs. Knudt Lee and Sarah Lee.
Photographic postcard of the Casperson Post Office, exterior view. The photograph includes two families and a dog seated in front of the Post Office. The Casperson Post office was established in 1903 and initially located in Section 18 of Golden Valley Township. It was named for brothers who took homestead claims near it. The Post Office was later moved to section 21, where it operated from 1903 until 1907.
Exterior view of the Post Office located in Monterey. In 1959 the villages of Triumph and Moneterey were consolidated under the new name of Trimont, Minnesota.
Man, outfitted in winter clothing and pulling a sled loaded with a month's provisions, looks at a map showing the location of the new Minneapolis post office.
Logan Post Office located in Johnsonville Township, Redwood Count. Fred Radtke, Senior family home, store, and Post Office. This building was in section 7 of Johnsonville Township. The building was still standing in 1985. Shown are Louise, Little Elsie, Augusta, Emma, Grandma Minnie Burmiester, Emil, Henry, Mrs Fred (Minnie) Radtke Sr., and William, Fred Ratdke Sr., Herman, and Fred Jr. William is in the doorway, Fred Ratdke Sr., Herman and Fred Jr. are in the horse drawn buggy.