POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Ochopee, FL 34141
Date of Photo: July 2002
Photographer: Tom Christian
Comments: Smallest Post Office Building?


Post Office: Ochopee, FL 34141 (Historical Marker)
Date of Photo: July 2002
Photographer: Tom Christian
Text of Historical Marker: Considered to be the smallest post office in the United States, this building was formerly an irrigation pipe shed belonging to the J. T. Gaunt Company tomato farm. It was hurriedly pressed into service by postmaster Sidney Brown after a disastrous night fire in 1953 burned Ochopee's general store and post office. The present structure has been in continuous use ever since-as both a post office and ticket station for Trailways bus lines-and still services residents in a three-county area including deliveries to Seminole and Miccosukee Indians living in the region. Daily business often includes requests from tourists and stamp collectors the world over for the famed Ochopee post mark. The property was acquired by the Wooten Family in 1992.


Post Office: Ochopee, FL 34141 (Collier County)
Date of Photo: circa 1970s
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comments: Located 35 miles east of Naples - 70 miles west of Miami on Hwy. US 41, Tamiami Trail in Big Cypress National Preserve. Standing is Mrs. Evelyn S. Shealy, Officer-In-Charge on May 31, 1971 and was Postmaster from August 19, 1972 until July 19, 1991.


Post Office: Ochopee, FL 34141 (Collier County)
Date of Photo: circa 1970s
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comments: First established on August 22, 1932-Present. James F. Jaudon was its first postmaster.


Post Office: Ochopee, FL 34141 (Collier County)
Date of Photo: circa 2000
Comments: View looking into the "lobby" and counter of the Post Office.