Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse is a Neo-classical building located in

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. It is listed on the

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History

The building was erected between 1931 and 1933, dedicated on November 11, 1933. It served as a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

, and as a

court house A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit. A courthouse is home to one or more courtrooms, ...

of the

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. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1983. The building remained an active post office for several more years. Control of the building was turned over to the city in 2002 for use as a

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and

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Mob Museum

The building was restored and renovated into the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement in February 2012.

Sources

Historic Federal Building web site

References

External links

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