Thanks to the hard work and diligent efforts of local historian Carole Magnus, the Fredericktown Post Office has been nominated for placement on the National Register of Historic Places. Magnus is the Secretary/Treasurer of the  Foundation for Historic Preservation in Fredericktown.

In a news release from August 14, 2009, The Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation will be considering 16 nominations to the Register, including the post office.  A meeting was scheduled for August 14 in Fulton, Missouri.

The 12 member council is appointed by the governor and works with the state Department of Natural Resources-historic preservation office, which administers the National Register program for Missouri.

Magnus had sent a letter to Michael Ward, Historic Preservation Coordinator for the U.S. Postal Service asking for their support in the efforts to place the building on the Register.

The construction of the building began in 1936. The contractor listed was Hiram Lloyd Building and Construction Company of St. Louis. The Secretary of the Treasury in 1936 was Henry Morgenthau Jr.. Supervising Architect was Louis A. Simon.  Supervising Engineer was Neal A. Melick. James A. Farley was Postmaster General.

The Postmaster in 1937 was Phillip Stokes Cohen.

The first postmaster in Fredericktown was Thomas Moseley, jr. who served

from April 14, 1824 to July 20, 1831.

Carole Magus presented the nomination at the meeting  on Friday, August 14th at Fulton, MO. Sixteen nominations were presented to the Missouri Advisory

Council.

 Magnus said, It is the responsibility of the council to read and examine each

nomination prior to this presentation to determine if it meets the

criteria for placement on the National Register of Historic Places.

Magnus said, “I have been working on collecting research, obtaining photos, drawings,

maps, documentation  and writing for over a year for this nomination.”

Each nomination is usually presented by person(s) who wrote the

nomination.

After each presentation, the Council asks for comments from its members

and at this time, the presenter may be questioned regarding this

particular site.  The president of the council then asks for a motion to

approve and a second.  This is followed by a vote of the entire board.

All of the sixteen nominations were unanimously approved.  It is then the

responsibility of the State Historic Preservation Office to coordinate

with the presenters, making any changes suggested by the council.

Magnus went on to say, The nominations are then sent to the Department of the Interior,

National Park Service in Washington, D.C.  The Department of the

Interior then has 45 days in which to read and consider each of these

nominations and make the final decision regarding listing these sites on

the National Register of Historic Places.