Deposito (Old Angeles Post Office Building)
1899 building on Arayat Boulevard built to store church statues and carriages, later a US Army jail and the Angeles post office.
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Overview
The Deposito on Arayat Boulevard was built in 1899 to store the religious statues and carriages of the church, hence its name. It later served the US Army, as a jail for troops during the Philippine-American War and as a film exchange headquarters in 1946 and 1947. The Angeles Post Office moved in on February 6, 1967. It now houses other offices.
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