Good Old Days: Nov. 24, 2016

Early Colfax Post Office

Constructed in 1902 to house unknown businesses, this building became known as the Post Office Building after the United States Post Office began leasing one of the store spaces in 1913. The Post Office leased the building until 1933, when the current Post Office was constructed on Main Street. At the time of this picture, the building also housed the Interior Warehouse Company. At one time (after the Post Office relocated), the building housed a Safeway grocery store. By the 1950s, the building had been torn down and the land used as a parking lot for Seattle First Na...