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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Daily Photo ~ 8-11-11 ~ Signs, Signs

This is the precious little post office I pass each day on my way to school. It was on the list to be closed, but because of the town’s listing in the National Register of Historic Places, we were able to keep it open. Now the worries are up again with so many post offices on the chopping block in VA. So far it has not appeared on the list. Keep your fingers crossed. 





“Mail your packages early so the post office can lost them in time for Christmas.”
~ Johnny Carson



FYI:
Brownsburg, VA, is an unincorporated community in Rockbridge CountyVirginiaUnited States. The village of Brownsburg was established on November 23, 1793. By 1835, Brownsburg was a thriving commercial hub and was centrally located on the stagecoach line between Staunton and Lexington. Brownsburg Academy, a private Presbyterian high school for young men, was built with funds raised by local residents. The Academy operated as a private institution from 1850 to 1877 and its building was used for classes, religious services and public meetings. A portion of Brownsburg was listed as a historic district on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

This post is linked with Lesley’s Signs, Signs.


24 comments:

  1. i TOTALLY want to work there! job security be damned! :)

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  2. Yes! Let's keep our fingers crossed! It is such a lovely post office! And your shots are wonderful!
    Thanks for sharing, Genie;o)

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    Hope you are having a nice and happy week****

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  3. It's darling, so quaint!

    I read somewhere that 2500 post offices would be closing pretty soon...

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  4. Lovely photos and so cute! The tree is nicely located and love the flower baskets too. Hope it doesn't close.

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  5. Adorable and I bet it's a community meeting place. Good luck on this round of cuts.

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  6. How cute is that! hope that it survives any cutbacks.

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  7. it's a quaint post office. a shame if it would get demolished.

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  8. What an attractive little building. I love it.

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  9. That's a very charming post office. I hope it doesn't get closed! I love post offices - can you tell I'm a die-hard fan of old-fashioned snailmails and postcards? Post offices, in some places, have become not only a place to post mails and such but also as a place for socialisation. I hope your town gets to keep it open.

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  10. What a quaint little post office! Looks like everyone would know everyone's business there!

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  11. a community post office is so important,I hope it stays off the list for a good while longer.

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  12. Precious is right. It would be a blow to American culture to see this wonderful post office close.

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  13. Hiya Genie,
    Is it still a functioning P.O. then? It looks too small for much work going on in there.
    We have lost our local village postoffice too. Shocking, the way they nibble away at our infra-structure. since we arrived here: shop gone, police house gone, post office gone. GP gone, Only the pub left.

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  14. Nice piece of history. In this day and age I'm surprised that any post office is still around.

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  15. Nice shots - and your watery wed. is also so cute! :)

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  16. It's a crying shame that this terrible economic state we are in plays havoc with such historical 'beings'!!! I do hope it'll remain open and become the 'country's oldest' working facility on the national landmark register!!!


    I enjoyed your company...do hope you'll find time for a return visit sometime. In fact, today my post is: SOMETHING STUPID

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  17. I hope it stays open. Very cute!

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  18. Little post offices are so charming, I like them. Here in Germany they are all closed instead there is a paper shop with a post counter. A while ago I posted this shot from a little office in Canada

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  19. I think these may be at the top of my list of favorite photos by you Genie. I love the thermometer on the front porch, and that old drop box. simply charming. and so tiny a building. good job!!! happy Thursday to you.

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  20. This is already too small to chop chop I hope that this chopping that we heard almost everyday will end!! Thanks for the visit!

    Signs

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  21. Most of our old big Post office had the chop, and now the little post shops are getting the chop too.

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  22. This has got to be the cutest post office I have ever seen!

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