In 1975 the voters of Polk County approved the appropriation of funds to purchase the former post office building and to build a modest-sized annex to it. The project was to encompass some restoration of the old building and to remodel its rear section and add space for additional county offices. The architects sheathed the addition in a matching limestone, kept the general height and scale of the older building, and carried an
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