[1] Postal service in Flint was established in 1832, and the post office location changed a number of times through the nineteenth century.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Flint began to grow hand-in-hand with the rise of the automobile industry, and in 1909 the post office moved into a new building on Kearsley Street.

A site was chosen in 1928, and in 1930 James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervisory Architect of the Treasury Department, signed off on a set of plans for the new building.

The Church Street location was remodeled to serve as a branch post office, as well as housing other federal facilities including the courts.

Polychromatic terra-cotta panels with Art Moderne iconography, thematic to the buildings use, are set into the spandrels as well as into the parapet wall above.