Old Post Office

This art deco building at 228 Earl Garrett Street served as Kerrville's Post Office from 1936 to 1998 when it moved to its new location across the river. It is now home to the Kerr Arts and Cultural Center.


In January 21, 1926, the Kerrville Mountain Sun reported that the Chamber of Commerce heard a report that  Kerrville "had a fine chance to get an appropriation through Congress at this term for the construction of [a federal building]."  In June of that year the Hill View Times opined that "too much politics" was keeping Kerrville from having a new Federal Building.
March 7, 1929, the headline in the Kerrville Mountain Sun read "Kerrville is Included in Recommendations to Congress for New Government Buildings."  It was not to be.


Every year the local newspapers reported that Kerrville's new Federal Building was in the federal budget, and this would finally be the year.  It was not until December, 1935, that ground was finally broken.  
The architect was Ayres & Ayres, San Antonio.  The contractor was Templeton-Cannon.
The Post Office finally moved here from  rented space on Water Street in 1936, more than 10 years after the first announcement of a new post office for Kerrville.