Glendale Main Post Office is a historic post office in

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, operated by the

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(USPS). It was built in 1934 in an

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style. Construction of the post office cost $455,000. For the opening ceremony, the 1934 Postmaster, E. F. Heisser extended a general invitation for visitors to inspect the structure, with music provided by the Glendale Letter Carriers' band and postal employees acting as guides.

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and Robert Gebhard stated in ''A Guide to Architecture in Los Angeles'' that the post office has a "good interior". It was listed on the

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(NRHP) on January 11, 1985 (#85000128). It has of space. As of 1988 it includes a small museum of items from post offices consolidated into Glendale Main. In 2013 the USPS proposed closing the post office and moving operations to another facility, a proposal opposed by the Glendale Historical Society, Congressperson

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, and

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. In 2013 the post office did not use most of the space in the building. In 2014 a passport service center was established in this post office. It serves the communities of Glendale (including Verdugo City),

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, Arcadia, Duarte,

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, Montrose,

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, Sierra Madre, and South Pasadena, as well as the

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neighborhood of

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. Prior to 2014 the local post offices in those communities offered passport services.

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