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Old San Jose Post Office

Old San Jose Post Office is a heritage site in , . Old San Jose Post Office is situated nearby to the art gallery , as well as near the park .
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  • Type: Heritage site
  • Description: historic building in San Jose, California, United States, now part of the San Jose Museum of Art
  • Also known as: “Civic Art Gallery”, “Old Post Office”, “Old San José Post Office”, “San Jose Post Office”, and “San José Post Office”
  • Roof shape: hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph and San Jose Museum of Art.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph is a historic Catholic church in Downtown San Jose that serves as the cathedral for the Diocese of San José in California, with the distinction of minor basilica.

Art gallery
Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The San José Museum of Art is a modern and contemporary art museum in downtown San Jose, California, United States. Founded in 1969, the museum holds a permanent collection with an emphasis on artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Park
Photo: Ikluft, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is located in downtown . It is composed of a ring of palm trees encircling a California State Seal, and designates the California Historical Marker 461, the site of California's first state capital from 1849 to 1851.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Historic District and San Jose.

Neighborhood
Photo: David Sawyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The of is a designated U.S. Historic District area of the city roughly the size of one square block. It is bounded by S.

Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Often called "the capital of ", is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in , and the 12th largest city in the , with a population of over 997,000 residents as of 2024.

Neighborhood
Photo: Eric Fredericks, CC BY-SA 2.0.
SoFA is an arts, cultural, and entertainment district of Downtown San Jose, . Home to numerous cultural institutions, art galleries, and theatre companies, including the , the San José Opera, and the Symphony San Jose, SoFA bills itself as "'s Creative District".

Old San Jose Post Office

Latitude
37.33358° or 37° 20′ 1″ north
Longitude
-121.89025° or 121° 53′ 25″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Levels
2
Open location code
849W84M5+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 688307262
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­hipped
Wiki­data ID
Q121697258
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Highlights include Fairmont Plaza and 60 SOMA.

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