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U.S. Post Office

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1863, Calvert Vaux. 200 Broad St.
  • Bluestone building at left (William E. Fischer, Jr.)

The Pinchot family's first important commission in their hometown is this chunky French Victorian pastiche with overhanging eaves that shelters the town's post office on the first floor and artists’ studios on the second story. The commission to Vaux, then at the height of his fame for his work at New York City's Central Park, marks the beginning of James Pinchot's strategy for scattering commissions to architects who could make use of the decorative materials that he imported to his New York store from France.

Writing Credits

Author: 
George E. Thomas
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What's Nearby

Downtown Milford
Foresters’ Hall
First Presbyterian Church
Pike County Courthouse
County Jail

Citation

George E. Thomas, "U.S. Post Office", [Milford, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-PI8.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 2

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 526-526.

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