Celebrating our Nation's Post Offices
ADDRESS: 215 N. Walnut St., Stillman Valley, Illinois 61084
Another sunny day and another Illinois Post Office. I had no idea I’d be back to Sillman Valley until recently.
David W. Gates Jr.
ADDRESS: 300 Main St., Unit A, Chana, Illinois 61015
When a post office address includes a unit or suite number on an old building you wonder how many tenants occoupy the same building. Then you start to wonder if anyone actually lives in the same building as the post office. The Chana post office is a perfect example of this. When you look at the building it looks like someone took a regular house and place it on top of the post office. Maybe the postmaster, maybe the baker or, candlestick maker, who knows?
Today I bring you the Chana, Illinois post office. The story goes something like this. It was early Saturday morning and we were driving to a family party at Timber Lake Resort. Well, I really had to use the facilities. It’s a long drive and I had a lot of coffee to drink that morning. So we pulled into Chana so I could find a place. Nothing, but I quickly shot pictures of the post office and was on my way. Sadly, I didn’t get to look around much, but I’m sure I’ll be back out this way. Maybe this is much more than you really wanted to know, but I tell it like it is, while on the road, photographing our Nation’s post offices.
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
ADDRESS: 232 N. Union St., Byron, Illinois 61010
In August of this year we headed to Mt. Carroll Illinois for a family party. Early in the year I had driven out to the western side of Illinois to get several old post offices. This time around I stopped in Byron to get a picture of their post office.
It also happened to be the same weekend as their summer festival. I kept thinking to myself it’s going to be a difficult photo shoot, but alas, I got it.
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.