HomeMy WebLinkAbout1903 - Foster and Tukwila Post Offices OpenTukwila beginnings: Foster Post Office opens on August 17, 1903.
By Greg Lange
Posted 1/1/2000
HistoryLink.org Essay 582
On August 17, 1903, Foster Post Office opens. Adam Held serves as the first postmaster. Mail is distributed
from a store operated by Joseph Foster located at 52nd Avenue S (formerly Foster Street) and Interurban
Avenue S.
On April 30, 1907, the post office closes. Foster was located 9 miles south of Seattle within the city limits of
Tukwila on the Duwamish River at the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter Section 14 Township 23 N
Range 4 E.
Sources: Guy Reed Ramsey, "Postmarked Washington, 1850-1960," Microfilm (Olympia: Washington State
Library, February, 1966), 671-672.
Tukwila Beginnings: Tukwila Post Office opens on April 14, 1904.
By Greg Lange
Posted 12/25/1998
HistoryLink.org Essay 587
On March 14, 1904, Tukwila Post Office opens. Mrs. Minnie M. Lutz is appointed the first postmaster.
Mail is distributed from a small building next to a shoe shop. On March 15, 1908, post office closes
and reopens June 8, 1909. Tukwila is located in King County 10 miles south of Seattle and three
miles west of Renton.
Sources:
Guy Reed Ramsey, "Postmarked Washington, 1850-1960," Microfilm (Olympia: Washington State Library, February, 1966), 675-676.
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