US Post Office and Courthouse - Tyler, TX
Posted by: 
WalksfarTX
N 32° 21.110 W 095° 18.152
15S E 283323 N 3581765
Still a courthouse. No longer a post office.
Waymark Code: WMQ47G
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/16/2015
Views: 6
"The Federal Building/USPO/Courthouse in Tyler, Texas is a three story Classical Revival structure. The main elevation faces south. The building sits on a dark grey, mottled granite base. The first floor of the building is clad with limestone. The second and third floors are clad with salmon-pink colored brick.
Scrolled pediment window surrounds extend above the cornice of limestone. The frieze is ornamented by rosette bosses. There is a deep frieze at the attic level which consists of a carved, relief band at the top which features steer heads with swags between. The architrave is ornamented at intervals by groups of four shields representing the Post Office, the Justice Department, the Treasury Department, and a pine tree.
An acroterian appears on the parapet on each corner of the building. The limestone main entry pavilion is slightly projected at the center of the south elevation. Paneled limestone pilasters support a crested limestone architrave. The cresting consists of a series of eagles flanked by scrollwork and separated by a palmetto motif. Acroterians appear at the corners. The frieze below the cresting is unornamented except for incised words designating the building "UNITED STATES POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE".
The main entry sits within a limestone surround. The surround is slightly projected and displays various motifs. The interior border is lined with circular bosses; the architrave features rosette bosses; and the cresting consists of a central palmetto with acrotarians at each corner. Above the main entry at the second and third floor levels, the facade is recessed forming a balcony.
The wall of steel-framed windows here is covered with cast bronze grilles. The bank of windows is framed by an inner border of bundled leaves and an outer border of fretwork. Terraced cheek walls are surmounted by the original granite drums which serve as a base for massive bronze urn-style lights." (quote from GSA.gov)