Martinez Downtown Post Office - Martinez, CA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

From the California Office of Historic Preservation:

"Associated with the programs and policies of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the 1937 Martinez Downtown Post Office was nominated under the U.S. Post Offices in California 1900-1941 Multiple Property Submission. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of Art Deco/Public Works Administration Moderne architecture, as designed by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Supervising Architect during the Great Depression. “The Road to El Dorado,” painted by Maynard Dixon and his wife, Edith Hamlin, was commissioned by
the U.S. Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts." (visit link)

Street address: 815 Court St Martinez, CA USA County / Borough / Parish: Contra Costa Year listed: 2012 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924 Historic function: Goverment Current function: Government Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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