United States Post Office
The Hamilton Station is a historic post office in Palo Alto, California. Formerly the main office for the city of Palo Alto, the post office was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 1981, as the U.S. Post Office.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Post office
- Description: post office in Palo Alto, United States of America
- Also known as: “Palo Alto Post Office”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of American Heritage and HP Garage.
Museum of American Heritage
Museum
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The Museum of American Heritage is a museum in Palo Alto, California. It is dedicated to the preservation and display of electrical and mechanical technology and inventions from the 1750s through the 1950s. Museum of American Heritage is situated 710 feet southeast of United States Post Office.
HP Garage
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The HP Garage is a private museum where the company Hewlett-Packard was founded. It is located at 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, California. It is considered to be the "Birthplace of Silicon Valley". HP Garage is situated 1,700 feet southeast of United States Post Office.
Stanford Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: HP R817, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Stanford Theatre is a classical independent movie theater in Palo Alto, California. It was designed and built in the 1920s as a movie palace styled in neoclassical Persian and Moorish architecture. Stanford Theatre is situated 1,100 feet west of United States Post Office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palo Alto and Silicon Valley.
Palo Alto
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Palo Alto is a bustling suburb in Santa Clara County south of the city of San Francisco. It is adjacent to Stanford University and home to hundreds of Silicon Valley technology companies, ranging from VMware and Hewlett-Packard to tiny startups operating in garages.
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley lies in the South Bay and the southern Peninsula of the San Francisco Bay Area. Once best known for its prune orchards, the area underwent explosive growth with the creation of the high-tech industry in the 1960s.
Professorville
Neighborhood
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Professorville is a registered historic district in Palo Alto, California containing homes that were built by Stanford University professors. The historic district is bounded by Addison Avenue, Waverley Street, Kingsley Avenue, and Ramona Street.
United States Post Office
- Category: building
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.44585° or 37° 26′ 45″ northLongitude
-122.15924° or 122° 9′ 33″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Operator
United States Postal ServiceOpen location code
849VCRWR+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 80482637OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=post_officeOpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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