Nesher Mandatory Post Office, Bauhaus post office in Nesher, Israel
The Nesher Mandatory Post Office is a building located at HaRakafot 1 that displays the clean lines and geometric forms typical of Bauhaus design. The functional structure combines plain exterior surfaces with practical interior spaces for postal operations and additional services.
The Nesher cement factory built the post office in the mid-1930s as the permanent branch serving the tin-roof neighbourhood, the plant and Kibbutz Yagur; its postmark read "Nesher Yagur". It was the only permanent building south of the Haifa–Nazareth road, and until 24 April 1948 it served as a gathering point for traffic, with a guard post on its roof. A third postmark entered use on 29 October 1957. The branch closed after an arson fire on 20 January 2001 and was returned to the cement company on 30 September 2002.
The post office was named Nesher-Yagur, and its postmark carried that name; a third stamp replaced the earlier "Nesher Yagur-1" and "Nesher Yagur-2" stamps on 29 October 1957. A red K6 telephone kiosk, a model designed in 1935 for George V's silver jubilee, stood at the building, and a red mailbox was fixed left of the entrance door.
The building stands at the north-western edge of the old Nesher quarry, at the northern end of Givat HaEmdot, and is not in use: it was returned to the Nesher cement company on 30 September 2002 and has stood neglected since. Road works for Road 752 raised the surrounding area by about 1.5 m, covering the original five entrance steps and cutting the building off from the pavement, so it is not accessible to pedestrians or wheelchair users.
The post office closed in January 2001 after a break-in and arson caused damage assessed at 30,000 shekels. The building was returned to Nesher Cement on 30 September 2002 and has stood unused since, although it appears on the Nesher preservation list as "the historic post office building".
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