In the Appleton Crescent of 9/16/1876 there is a notice regarding the opening of the city’s new post office which was located on the west side of N. Oneida and Mid Way. The missive reported that nearly the entire population of the city turned out to receive their mail and goes on to laud A. L. Smith for his lavish expenditure on the building. Also mentioned in the report is the work of contractor Louis Bates who faithfully carried out the design of Architect William Waters of Oshkosh.
The new Appleton post office bore a slight resemblance to
the Oshkosh post office designed by Mr. Waters the year before. The Appleton office was a study in classical
architecture, five arched openings grace the first floor of the front elevation. While three arches filled the center of the
second floor flanked by windows. An elaborate
cornice capped the façade with a pediment center on which was inscribed “1876”.
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