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Historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

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1914, Oscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury; 2005 rehabilitated, Lavin Architects. 620 S. Taylor St.

This former federal building is a three-story limestone Italianate scheme characteristic of the tenure of Wenderoth’s predecessor as Supervising Architect, James Knox Taylor. Five central bays are framed by slightly projecting end bays. Shallow, two-story Ionic pilasters support a trim cornice with an attic story above and a heavily bracketed red tile roof overhang. After being replaced with a new courthouse (AO3) in 1938, this building was occupied by several federal agencies, was then sold in 1973, and is currently occupied by First Capital Bank. A rehabilitation in 2005 recovered the rich interior lobby detailing, including a wood-beamed ceiling painted to give the illusion of a sky.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Happy State Bank (First National Bank Building)
Potter County Courthouse
Potter County Library
Courtyard by Marriott Amarillo Downtown (Fisk Medical and Professional Building)
Paramount Building (Paramount Theater)

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse", [Amarillo, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-AO5.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 337-337.

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