US Post Office--San Pedro Main - Los Angeles, CA
Posted by: saopaulo1
N 33° 44.192 W 118° 16.836
11S E 381371 N 3733681
Old post office in San Pedro, CA.
Waymark Code: WMMERJ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2014
Views: 4
"U.S. Post Office in San Pedro, California is a historic Streamline Moderne Post Office built in 1935 as a Works Project Administration project. Designed by Louis A. Simon and Fletcher Martin in the WPA modern style, a conservative or classicized Art Deco, the San Pedro Post Office was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The building also formerly served as a U.S. Customs Office. The building's use of marble, bronze and milk glass are typical of 1930s architecture for U.S. government buildings. The floor tile is laid in a basket weave pattern surrounded by black marble, giving the effect of rugs on a marble floor. Some of the original bronze lamps and ink wells are still intact at the public writing desks. The mural inside the Post Office Building was painted by Fletcher Martin in 1938 and is titled "Mail Transportation.""
Street address: 839 Beacon St Los Angeles, CA USA
County / Borough / Parish: Los Angeles
Year listed: 1985
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Historic function: Government
Current function: Government
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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