United States Post Office Denison, Texas Before the current building was completed in 1912, the post office was across
Rusk Avenue at 301 W. Woodard, next door to Chris Waltz Plumbing & Electrical Supply, 303 W. Woodard .
c 1910 
Burr S. Weaver ~ laborer for M.K.& T., 1907 Frank MIckels ~ Frank Mikels ~ pastor of Grace M.E. Church, 1909 
Burr Starbuck Weaver & Helen Cox 
Denison Daily Herald July 27, 1937 BUSINESS AND ROMANCE, WITH LETTERS FROM HOME, PRODUCE GRIST FOR POSTOFFICE'S MILL A welcome daily visitor in downtown stores and offices, even at the first of the month when the postoffice distributes tons of bills, is John E. Williams, Sr., business district letter carrier and Denison's oldest employee. He has been in service since Dec. 1, 1890, more than 47 years. With a staff of thirty-one members, the Denison Postoffice keeps a veritable flood of mail moving to and from many thousand patrons both within the city and withing the neighboring territory served by the three rural routes operated out of the local office. Heading the postal organization is Postmaster F.B. Hughes, who assumed the position on March 16, 1937, after three decades as Denison's popular school superintendent. John H. Parrish is assistant postmaster. He served many years as superintendent of mail before advancement to his present position when Mr. Hughes succeeded M.O. Sharp as postmaster.
Mr. Parrish has been employed 32 years by the
postoffice. Next in rank is C.N. Adrian, superintentent of mail,
connected with the postoffice since 1913. Oldest of the postal
employees here who has been a postman more than 47 years, since
Dec. 1, 1890.
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