Humboldt Post Office

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{{Infobox Historic building

|name = Humboldt Post Office

|image = Humboldt Post Office.jpg

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|location = 602 Main Street
Main Street and 6th Avenue

|location_town = Humboldt, Saskatchewan

|location_country = Canada

|coordinates = {{coord|52.1991|-105.1230|type:landmark_region:CA|display=inline,title}}

|architect = David Ewart

|client = Department of Public Works

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|completion_date = 1911

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|style = Romanesque Revival

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The historic Humboldt Post Office building is located at the corner of Main Street and 6th Avenue in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada. The building is {{frac|2|1|2}} storeys with a 4-storey bell and clock tower. Designed by the chief architect of the Department of Public Works, David Ewart, the building is the last surviving of a series of very similar buildings under a common theme on the prairies.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140913011453/http://heritageapp.cyr.gov.sk.ca/assets/pdf/708.pdf Description from Provincial Registry of Historical Properties] The building originally housed a post office, customs, and weights and measures office on the ground floor; customs and inland revenue offices and an office for the commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on the second floor, while the third floor housed caretaker's quarters and RCMP offices quarters.[http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=11807 Canada's Historic Places ]

The building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1977.{{CRHP|11807|Humboldt Post Office National Historic Site of Canada|17 August 2012}} It was also designated a municipal historic site in 1984.{{CRHP|2880|Humboldt Post Office|17 August 2012}} In 2010, a conservation plan was developed for the building.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111009052257/http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/initiatives/eng/index.asp?mode=8&imode=7&initiativeid=128&id=15694 Funding announcement for conservation plan ]

The building is currently used to house the Humboldt & District Museum and Gallery.