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U.S. Post Office

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1936, Le Roy Gardner; Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury. 202 W. Washington St.
  • (Photograph by Kathryn Bishop Eckert)

On a site formerly occupied by the huge 1889–1891 brick and sandstone federal customhouse, courthouse, and post office is this Modernistic post office. Fluted pilasters divide the Bedford limestone facade of the monolithic building into seven bays. Approached by a short flight of stairs, the central entrance is surrounded by Kasota stone and surmounted by a carved eagle. The lobby contains a Works Progress Administration (WPA)–sponsored mural, Marquette Exploring Shores of Lake Superior, painted by Dewey Albinson.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Kathryn Bishop Eckert
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What's Nearby

Old Marquette City Hall
Marquette Commons, Marquette Lower Harbor, and Lakeshore Boulevard, Presque Isle Park
Harlow Block
Wells Fargo Bank (First National Bank)
Peter White Library

Citation

Kathryn Bishop Eckert, "U.S. Post Office", [Marquette, Michigan], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MI-01-MQ9.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Michigan

Buildings of Michigan, Kathryn Bishop Eckert. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 509-509.

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