U.S. Post Office (El Paso)
U.S. Post Office | |
 The building in 2014 | |
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| Location | 219 Mills Avenue, El Paso, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 31°45′36″N 106°29′13″W / 31.76000°N 106.48694°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1916 |
| Built by | Rowland Gilchrist |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001662[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The U.S. Post Office is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. It was built in 1916, and designed in the Beaux Arts architectural style.[2] The lobby is "topped by a massive, paneled, saucer-shaped dome", and the rest of the lobby includes "polished marble" and "huge, rounded, ornamental grills of bronze."[2] The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 19, 1984.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Peter Flagg Maxson (January 15, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: United States Post Office / Downtown Station, Old Main Post Office" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
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