Charters Towers Post Office, historic commonwealth heritage site in Charters Towers QLD

Charters Towers Post Office is a two-storey masonry building on the corner of Gill and Bow streets, with public areas on the ground floor and former flats above. Its 1892–1898 alterations gave it an asymmetrical front with a two-stepped breakfront, paired Corinthian columns, a Serlian-arched window and a five-storey clock tower inscribed "A1898D".

A postal service began at Charters Towers in 1872, after Jupiter Mosman is credited with finding gold near Towers Hill in 1871. The first post office was built in 1879–80; the present building replaced it in 1892, with a clock tower added in 1898 and rear alterations in 1900. Repairs followed in 1905–06 and additions in 1906–07.

The building's 1898 clock tower carries the inscription "A1898D" moulded into the frieze on each elevation, marking the year of its completion. The upper floor's original two flats, once residential quarters, are now converted to working space, so the post office still serves the town at 17 Gill Street.

The post office occupies a corner site on Gill Street at Bow Street, one block back from the main road in Deane Street, inside the town's conservation area. The former DS General Store of about 1900 stands just opposite. The exterior, including the 1898 clock tower, can be seen from the street; the upper floor, once two flats, is now working space.

The five-storey clock tower of 1898 is separated from the ground floor by a broad, low pediment moulded into the frieze on each elevation, and inside each pediment is the inscription "A1898D", recording the year the tower was completed.