Post Office

Man, I was mailing a letter today and got to thinking that Sag Harbor has had several post offices over the years. Some on Main, one on Washington St. etc. In the 1960's the post office was was located in the brick building on the lower west side of Main Street that Jill's and another store occupy now. The boxes all had combinations locks in those days. The window where you got parcels was actually a window that raised and lowered. In those days, the post office lobby was open evenings until at least nine pm and Sundays all day. There was a bulletin board with FBI wanted posters and a desk. What happened was kids started hanging out in the lobby at night and weekends, rising hell and that is why you cannot pick up your mail in the evening anymore. Still a nice idea though. By the way, when the new post office opened on Long Island Ave in 1976, a jeweler named Dave Lee bought the old mailboxes and made them into clocks and banks. You could buy your old mailbox which I did. Finally, If you shoot down Nassau Street and look at the rear of Jill's, you can see the old platform and metal bar door still in place that was once the back of the old post office.

Old Main St. Post Office Early 1960's