About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dusk in Durham, when most people were heading home, an old postal van pulled up outside the post office. The delivery driver, a gruff but friendly man named simply ‘Jim,’ jumped out and started unloading packages. But something unusual caught everyone’s eye—a small, mischievous-looking cat followed him from the truck. As Jim approached the door, the cat darted inside, causing a flustered mail clerk to drop several envelopes. A quiet murmur spread through the town that night—some said the cat was a good luck charm, others claimed it belonged to no one. But whatever its origins, it became a regular fixture until one morning, when Jim found it sitting proudly on his desk with a letter addressed simply: ‘To Whom It May Concern.’
2. At dawn one morning, a delivery driver was sorting packages inside the Durham Post Office when he noticed something odd. A small envelope kept sliding off the counter and rolling towards the door. Curious, he picked it up and saw that it was addressed to ‘The Neighbor Who Always Smiles.’ The envelope contained only a single sheet of paper with a smiley face drawn on it. Shrugging, the driver placed it back where it came from, and soon enough another identical note appeared—this time addressed to himself. From then on, whenever things got too busy or stressful, someone would leave a little surprise in the mailroom: a handwritten smiley face note, signed simply ‘A Regular.’
3. At midnight, while the rest of Durham slept, a strange voice crackled over the post office PA: ‘Attention all mail carriers—your letters today are addressed to tomorrow.’ Since then, every evening at precisely midnight, the same eerie announcement would echo through the empty building. But instead of fearing it, local mail carriers began joking among themselves that maybe their letters were just time-travelling. One old delivery driver even claimed he once received an envelope marked with his own future address. Nowadays, whenever someone moves in or out of Durham, they say a quiet thanks to the mysterious voice at the post office—after all, without its help, nobody would ever get their mail on time.
4. At closing time, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar on the loading dock—a small package wrapped in plain brown paper, with no return address or sender's name. Curious, he opened it and found inside a note reading: ‘Free donuts for anyone who takes me.’ Turned out, a local bakery had sent an early morning batch as a thank-you to the postal workers. The whole neighborhood gathered that morning for fresh pastries and friendly chats.