Building designations
The House and Senate often agree to name or rename federal buildings, especially post offices, to honor notable Americans. Since 1991, the House has held 151 roll-call votes on building designations (the Senate almost always approves such measures by voice vote). You'll find a list of the roll-call votes, beginning with the most recent name changes, below.
| Date | Result | Building name | Building location |
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| Texas Military Veterans Post Office | Humble, TX (Map) |
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| Julia M. Carson Post Office Building | Indianapolis, IN (Map) |
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| Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office | Gloucester, VA (Map) |
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| E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building | Port Jervis, NY (Map) |
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| Steve W. Allee Carrier Annex | Lebanon, MO (Map) |
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| Sgt. Michael M. Kashkoush Post Office Building | Chagrin Falls, OH (Map) |
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| Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial Post Office Building", in honor of the servicemen and women from Louisville, Kentucky, who died in service during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom | Louisville, KY (Map) |
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| John "Marty" Thiels Southpark Station, in honor and memory of Thiels, a Louisiana postal worker who was killed in the line of duty on October 4, 2007 | |||
| Sgt. Jason Harkins Post Office Building | Cleveland, GA (Map) |
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| Larry S. Pierce Post Office | Taft, CA (Map) |
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| Richard B. Anderson Federal Building | |||
| Judge Richard B. Allsbrook Post Office | Roanoke Rapids, NC (Map) |
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| Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building | Marshall, MI (Map) |
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| Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building | Bayonne, NJ (Map) |
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| Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center | |||
| Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office | New Orleans, LA (Map) |
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| Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office | Suffield, CT (Map) |
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| Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building | Vassar, MI (Map) |
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| Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center | |||
| Major Scott Nisely Post Office | Marshalltown, IA (Map) |
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| Leonard W. Herman Post Office | Boca Raton, FL (Map) |
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| Staff Sergeant Marvin "Rex" Young Post Office Building | Odessa, TX (Map) |
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| Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto Post Office Building | Lecanto, FL (Map) |
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| Rachel Carson Post Office Building | Springdale, PA (Map) |
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| Lino Perez, Jr. Post Office | Rio Grande City, TX (Map) |
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| Lane Evans Post Office Building | Rock Island, IL (Map) |
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| Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building | Vail, CO (Map) |
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| Captain Christopher Petty Post Office Building | Vienna, VA (Map) |
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| Thomas J. Manton Post Office Building | Woodside, NY (Map) |
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| Joshua A. Terando Morris Post Office Building | Morris, IL (Map) |
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| Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office | Dimmitt, TX (Map) |
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| Larry Winn, Jr. Post Office Building | Mission, KS (Map) |
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| Jack C. Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center | |||
| Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office | Tulsa, OK (Map) |
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| Holly A. Charette Post Office | Cranston, RI (Map) |
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| Grant W. Green Post Office Building | Knox, IN (Map) |
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| John H. Bradley Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic | |||
| Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr. Post Office Building | Pearl River, NY (Map) |
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| Albert H. Quie Post Office | Dennison, MN (Map) |
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| Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building | Pittsburgh, PA (Map) |
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| Willie Vaughn Post Office | Parkdale, AR (Map) |
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| William F. Clinger, Jr. Post Office Building | Warren, PA (Map) |
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| Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building | Berkeley, CA (Map) |
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| James T. Molloy Post Office Building | Buffalo, NY (Map) |
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| Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Post Office Building | Hodgenville, KY (Map) |
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| Paul Kasten Post Office Building | Brockway, MT (Map) |
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| Floyd Lupton Post Office | Belhaven, NC (Map) |
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| Linda White-Epps Post Office | Hamden, CT (Map) |
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| Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse | Sacramento, CA (Map) |
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| Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's Building | Alexandria, VA (Map) |
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| Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building | Altamonte Springs, FL (Map) |
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| Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Dayton, OH (Map) |
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| John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse | Jacksonville, FL (Map) |
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| Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building | Temecula, CA (Map) |
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| General William Carey Lee Post Office Building | Dunn, NC (Map) |
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| Harvey and Bernice Jones Post Office Building | Springdale, AR (Map) |
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| Bobby Marshall Gentry Post Office Building | Raeford, NC (Map) |
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| Oscar Scott Woody Post Office Building | Roxboro, NC (Map) |
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| Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building | Edinburg, TX (Map) |
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| Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse | Miami, FL (Map) |
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| Rhode Island Veterans Post Office Building | Middletown, RI (Map) |
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| James V. Hansen Federal Building | Ogden, UT (Map) |
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| Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office | Los Angeles, CA (Map) |
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| General John J. Pershing Post Office | Laclede, MO (Map) |
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| Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility | Cape Girardeau, MO (Map) |
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| Vaughn Gross Post Office Building | Dallas, TX (Map) |
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| Lloyd L. Burke Post Office | Stuttgart, AR (Map) |
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| Myron V. George Post Office | Altamont, KS (Map) |
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| Ben Atchley Post Office Building | Knoxville, TN (Map) |
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| Walter F. Ehrnfelt, Jr. Post Office Building | Strongsville, OH (Map) |
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| Stephen Horn Post Office Building | Long Beach, CA (Map) |
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| Garner E. Shriver Post Office Building | Wichita, KS (Map) |
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| Carl T. Curtis National Park Service Midwest Regional Headquarters Building | |||
| Bruce Woodbury Post Office Building | Boulder City, NV (Map) |
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| Walt Disney Post Office Building | Marceline, MO (Map) |
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| Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Indianapolis, IN (Map) |
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| Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Indianapolis, IN (Map) |
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| General Charles Gabriel Post Office | Iron Station, NC (Map) |
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| James L. Watson United States Court of International Trade Building | New York, NY (Map) |
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| Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Dayton, OH (Map) |
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| Admiral Donald Davis Post Office Building | Brookfield, MO (Map) |
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| Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building | Dallas, TX (Map) |
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| Robert P. Hammer Post Office Building | Clifton, NJ (Map) |
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| Timothy Michael Gaffney Post Office Building | St. Louis, MO (Map) |
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| Norman D. Shumway Post Office Building | Stockton, CA (Map) |
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| Dr. Roswell N. Beck Post Office Building | Florence, SC (Map) |
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| Joseph D. Early Post Office Building | Worcester, MA (Map) |
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| Rollan D. Melton Post Office Building | Fallon, NV (Map) |
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| Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center | Washington, DC (Map) |
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| Clarence Miller Post Office Building | Lancaster, OH (Map) |
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| Frank Sinatra Post Office Building | Hoboken, NJ (Map) |
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| Jim Fonteno Post Office Building | Pasadena, TX (Map) |
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| Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building | Oceanside, CA (Map) |
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| Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building | College Park, MD (Map) |
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| Philip E. Ruppe Post Office Building | Lake Linden, MI (Map) |
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| James R. Browning United States Courthouse | San Francisco, CA (Map) |
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| Horatio King Post Office Building | Paris Hill, ME (Map) |
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| Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building | Deer Park, NY (Map) |
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| Mike Mansfield Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Butte, MT (Map) |
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| Nathaniel R. Jones and Frank J. Battisti Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Youngstown, OH (Map) |
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| Norman Sisisky Post Office Building | Petersburg, VA (Map) |
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| `Herb Harris Post Office Building' | Alexandria, VA (Map) |
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| Stan Parris Post Office Building | Annandale, VA (Map) |
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| James C. Corman Federal Building | Van Nuys, CA (Map) |
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| Elwood Haynes 'Bud' Hillis Post Office Building | Kokomo, IN (Map) |
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| James C. Corman Federal Building | Van Nuys, CA (Map) |
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| Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Allentown, PA (Map) |
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| Goro Hokama Post Office Building | Lanai City, HI (Map) |
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| Robert S. Walker Post Office | Millersville, PA (Map) |
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| Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building | West Melbourne, FL (Map) |
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| Judge Robert Bernard Watts, Sr. Post Office Building | Baltimore, MD (Map) |
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| Everett Alvarez, Jr. Post Office Building | Rockville, MD (Map) |
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| William S. Broomfield Post Office Building | Royal Oak, MI (Map) |
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| Carl Elliott Federal Building | Jasper, AL (Map) |
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| Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Post Office Building | Derry, NH (Map) |
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| Samuel H. Lacy, Sr. Post Office Building | Baltimore, MD (Map) |
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| Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building | Reno, NV (Map) |
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| James H. Quillen United States Courthouse | Greeneville, TN (Map) |
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| Matthew F. McHugh Post Office | Ithaca, NY (Map) |
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| Les Aspin Post Office Building | Janesville, WI (Map) |
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| Harry S. Truman Federal Building | Washington, DC (Map) |
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| Kika de la Garza United States Border Station | |||
| E. Ross Adair Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Fort Wayne, IN (Map) |
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| Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building | Merrifield, VA (Map) |
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| Joseph L. Fisher Post Office Building | Arlington, VA (Map) |
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| Keith D. Oglesby Station | Greenville, SC (Map) |
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| Noal Cushing Bateman Post Office Building | Sandy, UT (Map) |
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| Terry Sanford Federal Building | Raleigh, NC (Map) |
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| Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building | Compton, CA (Map) |
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| Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office | East Chicago, IN (Map) |
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| Steve Schiff Auditorium | |||
| Carl D. Pursell Post Office | Plymouth, MI (Map) |
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| Steven Schiff Post Office | Albuquerque, NM (Map) |
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| J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse | |||
| David W. Dyer Federal Courthouse | Miami, FL (Map) |
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| Howard T. Markey National Courts Building | Washington, DC (Map) |
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| Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse | Cleveland, OH (Map) |
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| Andrew Jacobs, Jr. Post Office Building | |||
| John T. Myers Post Office Building | Terre Haute, IN (Map) |
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| Frank M. Tejeda Post Office Building | San Antonio, TX (Map) |
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| William J. Nealon United States Courthouse | |||
| Roman L. Hruska United States Courthouse | Omaha, NE (Map) |
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| Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse | Youngstown, OH (Map) |
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| Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal Building | Fort Smith, AR (Map) |
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| Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building | Louisville, KY (Map) |
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| Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and Federal Building | San Diego, CA (Map) |
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| Byron White United States Courthouse | |||
| Graham B. Purcell, Jr., Post Office and Federal Building | |||
| Samuel E. Perry Postal Building | Fredericksburg, VA (Map) |
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| Ross Bass Post Office | Pulaski, TN (Map) |
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| Abe Murdock United States Post Office Building | Beaver, UT (Map) |
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