Post office

The Society got an auxiliary post office in 1861 and an auxiliary telegraph office in 1889. When the Society of Weldadigheid's office became too small in 1901, the PTT decided to build this post office. It was designed by government architect Peters. Peters. Above the Amsterdam-Nijmegen line, he built more than 100 post offices.

Peters was a pupil of P. Cuypers, known for the Rijksmuseum and Central Station in Amsterdam, among others. Besides the post offices of Amsterdam, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Zwolle, among others, the government architect also designed Nijmegen railway station (destroyed in World War II) and the stables of Paleis het Loo.

In the 2nd half of the 19th century, large post offices were built all over the centre of towns and villages. This post office should actually have been in the centre of Vledder because Frederiksoord fell under the municipality of Vledder. Because the Society of Weldadigheid found it practical to have a post office nearby and because it gave a certain prestige to the colony, it gave this piece of land to Rijkswaterstaat for free. Hence, it stands at this spot and not in the centre of Vledder.

The building is a national monument and is still in pretty original condition. However, over time the chimneys have been removed from the roof, the wooden blinds at the windows at the top of the front have disappeared as have the shutters (only on the northeast side are the original shutters still in place). On the south-west side, the canopy (later converted into a conservatory) has disappeared.