Federal Building - Ellis County Courthouse Historic District - Waxahachie, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 23.030 W 096° 50.955
14S E 702319 N 3585017
Built in 1914 of white sandstone to house both the U. S. Post Office and other Federal offices. The post office vacated the structure for a new building in 1967. The City of Waxahachie purchased the building in 1974 for adaptation into city offices.
Waymark Code: WMZN9V
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2018
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NRHP Nomination Form"The Federal Building located on the Southeast corner of Madison and South Rogers Streets is the finest public building in the Neo-Classical Revival Style in the city. Designed by the General Services Administration in the current style of the day, the building was completed in 1914. Restrained in detail with no extraneous surface ornamentation, the building exemplifies the primary principles of the Neo-Classical Style: heavy columns of the Greek order, linteled door and window openings, pilasters in low relief, simple entablature, and low-pitched hipped roof. The original bronze lamp posts with simple spherical globes flank either side of the entrance steps. The only exterior alterations were the replacement of the original front doors with those of extruded aluminum, and the enclosing of the large mail room windows on the East facade when the interior was remodeled for office space after the Post Office moved in 1967."