At the Postfuhramt Ottomar Anschütz held the first showing of life sized pictures in motion on 25 November 1894.

[2] After 1766, a post office was located on the property with living quarters for the German royal postman and two multi-story horse stable wings.

Additionally around this same time there was an increased demand for postal service as population and traffic grew in the area and as a result it was incorporated into the Reichspost and became part of the newly established Postfuhramt, under state management.

[2][5] The exterior of the building is decorated with 26 terracotta bust of people associated with the postal service and communications sector and they are presented in chronological order.

[2] The Postfuhramt housed a pneumatic tube mail system (German: Rohrpost), which was active in the ca.

[7] In 2005, Israeli investor Adi Keizman, the husband of Ofra Strauss, bought the building from Deutsche Post for 13.5 million euros in hopes of converting the Postfuramt into an internationally known art space and partner with local galleries.