Post Office at 238 Butler Street
Photograph
Simmons 035
Facade of 238 Butler Street, a brick building that served as the Post Office from the 1920s until it moved to two blocks north to 434 Butler Street in 1978. In 2022, the building houses the James Brandess Studio and Gallery.
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35 0/2 Saugatuck - Buildings Post Office
From photographic negatives created by William R. Simmons, editor of the Commercial Record newspaper between 1941 and 1961.
Caption from the 2001 SDHS book "Off the Record" The Post Office operated out of this building from the 1920s until moving to its present site in 1978. The building to the right was the "Tiny Tavern" — a small restaurant well known for its 5-cent hamburgers, handed over the counter wrapped in waxed paper, and fries. Five cents more for a bottle of pop. It later became the Simmons Restaurant.
2022.21.035
Blanford Gallery/Taft's Antiques/Simmons of Saugatuck/Tiny Tavern/Schnobel HardwarePost Office, Saugatuck USPSJames Brandess Gallery/Old Post Office Shops
William (Bill) Simmons
Winthers, Sally
194 Simmons Negatives
Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966Brandess, James
03/07/2022
02/08/2024