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U.S. Post Office

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1936, Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury. 152 W. King St.
  • (Photograph by D Hughes)

Typical of the Colonial Revival designs for post offices in the 1930s is this Flemish bond brick building. The slate roof is topped by an octagonal cupola and a Chinese Chippendale balustrade, and the facade is embellished by a modillion cornice and windows with granite keystones. The interior retains its marble wainscot and wooden fittings and a WPA mural of a pastoral scene.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Anne Carter Lee
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Citation

Anne Carter Lee, "U.S. Post Office", [Strasburg, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-02-SH14.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Virginia vol 2

Buildings of Virginia: Valley, Piedmont, Southside, and Southwest, Anne Carter Lee and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, 72-72.

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