Uintah Basin Standard | 1959-09-17 | Page 6 | Construction of Post Office Now in Progress

Construction of Post office Now in progress DUCHESNE Construction of a new post office for Duchesne is to a report from the postal Irvin A. and Lcona O. Cole of Duchesne have been awarded a contract to furnish a building containing of floor space to the postal department under a long-term lease The x building is being constructed on the north sixty feet of lots in block 29 in in the same block but diagonally to the southeast of the present post office building located on U. S. Highway This new which will have an east is located off the middle of the block to the south 20 which allows for a black-topped parking and the front of the is dropped back feet from the east property line which abuts the and this space will be planted with To the rear of the building will be an area which will be black-topped to afford square feet of maneuvering area for the mail The building will have space for a storage furnace room and a rest room for as well as the large postal facility area which is to be furnished by the postal Outside walls of the building are split cement blocks covered with golden buff wrought A four-foot wainscoting of golden buff smooth bricks to be installed from the floor along the four walls of the The large exterior planter near the building entrance is to be made with the same color of brick but of a rock Chief entrance to the to the will feature a slight ramp and no Under the lease the building is to be finished and ready for occupancy by the post office department by The builders plan to have It completed by Jack Fitzwater of Duchesne is prime contractor for the Sub-contractors are Ralph brick Quality Max Gerard Steel beams are being furnished through Cole's Welding The construction which wil are being financed by The Helper State Bank of the builders