US Post Office and Federal Building - Lewistown, MT
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N 47° 03.973 W 109° 25.636
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Lewistown's beautiful Greek Revival post office stands on Third Avenue North between Washington and Broadway Streets.
Waymark Code: WMXTW3
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2018
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Designed by James A. Wetmore, the Post Office and Federal Building was built by the McGough Brothers firm of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The cornerstone was laid on May 11th, 1931 and the building was dedicated on November 25, 1931 in the presence of 1,000 appreciative onlookers. The Greek Revival-Beaux-Arts building has been noted as being "the best example of the transition from the Beaux-Arts to the modern in the Northwest". Primarily faced with red brick with terra cotta embellishment, in particular surrounding the central entrance, the building is very tastefully finished, yet not extravagant. Much detail went into the entrance, framed with Ionic columns outside a terra cotta door frame, with a triangular Greek pediment atop. The general motif of much of the terra cotta takes an egg and dart form.
While this was, and is, Lewistown's only federally constructed post office, it is far from its first. A quick count reveals at least four earlier post offices in the town, from 1884 to the time this building was erected.
Street address: 204 Third Avenue North Lewistown, MT United States 59457
County / Borough / Parish: Fergus County
Year listed: 1986
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Politics/Government, Architecture
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Government - Post Office
Current function: Government - Post Office
Privately owned?: no
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2018 To: 12/31/2018
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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