More Whittier post office history
We have some more information on the history of post offices in Whittier. Jerry Allen, an 81-year resident of Whittier, called the newspaper Tuesday to inform us that the Bailey Station post office is the not first stand-alone post office.\
For many years, the post office in Whittier was in the back of a drug store, owned by a man named Davis, Allen said.But during the late 1920s, a post office was established on Bright Avenue, just south of Philadelphia, Allen said.
There's renewed interest in this because the historic Bailey Station site is on a list for possible closure by the U.S. Postal Service.
The two post offices in Whittier that I remember most: 1) The former Scott Avenue station (now moved slightly east to Whittwood Mall), and 2) the former post office that was in operation for several years in the 1980's at the SW corner of Mulberry and La Mirada Boulevard. That post office was located in the retail/office center behind Bob & Dave's Texaco.