Choosing the Perfect Column Mount Mailbox: Styles, Features, and Benefits

In the arena of residential mailboxes, one of the most custom mailbox installations available is the column mount mailbox. You can design Column Mailboxes to match your home’s architectural style down to the finest details. And in most cases, the value relative to the design impact made is comparable to the finest of post mounted and wall mounted mailboxes.  In other words, the cost of creating a custom locking column mount mail receptacle is quite reasonable.

As one considers which column residential mailbox to install, there are three distinct column mailbox designs to carefully consider.

Types of  Column Mailboxes

1. Recessed Column Mailboxes

Design and Materials

First, consider the recessed column postal box. These inserts fit within a custom-built column, often using materials like brick, stucco, or stone to match the home’s exterior. These custom columns can either be existing structures needing a new recessed mailbox insert or part of new construction tailored to match the home’s aesthetics and the dimensions of the column-mounted mailbox insert.

Styles and Features

Recessed mailbox inserts come in various styles, colors, and designs. The Manchester column mailbox insert, for example, features a rectangular shape with a graceful arch, allowing homeowners to mirror it in the column’s design. Homeowners can choose the Manchester model as either a locking mail receptacle with a rear access door or a simpler front-door mailbox. Faceplate finishes include bronze, antique copper, or black, with optional elegant symbols on the door. You can also add a matching address plaque for an even more stately appearance.

Additional Options

Similar to the Manchester column mounted mailbox insert are the Streetscape Gateway Recessed Column Mailboxes and the Streetscape Courtyard Recessed Column Mount Mailboxes. Craftsmen create both of these economically priced residential mailboxes from heavy gauge solid brass sheet and bar stock, cutting and welding them by hand to achieve a strong, beautiful finish.

Another economical option is the Medium Oasis Locking Column Mount Mail Unit.  These recessed column mailboxes provide a hopper door to accept parcels and are available in black, white, pearl gray, bronze, and sand colors.

The Gaines Classic Faceplate Mail Receptacle is yet another stylistic option for the recessed column mounted residential mailboxes.  You can flush mount these designs into a home’s exterior or inset them into a column or pillar. Featuring solid brass accents these mailbox faceplates provide a stately look.  For a traditional mailbox look, consider also the Keystone Original Series Column Mount mailbox or the Keystone Signature Series Column-Mount Mailbox. These mailboxes function as typical post-mount models, and you can insert them into a column or pillar to create a column mount mailbox.

2. Column Mounted Delivery Vaults 

The second type of column residential mailboxes is called Delivery Vaults.  These residential mailboxes are primarily used for applications that require a secure drop-off, whether for packages or long-term mail storage. For instance, both the dVault Delivery Vault Wall & Column Mount Mail Receptacle and the dVault Junior Delivery Vault Column Mount Mailbox are constructed as high-security, weather-protective mail receptacles. You can find these dVault column mount residential mailboxes in five colors: black, copper vein, sand, grey, and white.

3. All-In-One Column Mount Mail Receptacles

A third type of column mount mail receptacle is the unique all-in-one mailbox unit.  All-in-one mailboxes are not simply inserts that fit into an existing column or into new construction; these column mail units come with the column itself. The Manchester Mailbox offers a unique option with a stucco column. Specifically constructed from an industrial-grade Styrofoam core and finished with a painted exterior, it’s available in attractive finishes like slate gray, sandstone, and burnt Tuscan.

A more traditional option in the all-in-one mailbox unit is the Ecco 8 Tower Column Mailbox. These residential column mail receptacles showcase a Victorian style with elegant classic motifs on all four sides of the column.  This residential column mailbox stands out as the only model that arrives fully assembled. You can install it in moments by simply bolting it to a pedestal from the inside floor. The Ecco 8 Tower Mailbox is available in Satin Black, Rust Brown, and Bronze color options.

No matter which type of column mailbox you choose, these residential column mount mail receptacles offer some of the most unique and customizable styles available.

Enhancing Your Home with Custom Column Mailboxes

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