United States Post Office - Fort Worth, Texas
Posted by: txoilgas
N 32° 44.790 W 097° 19.791
14S E 656472 N 3624418
Still fully functional Post Office with a stamp shop that sells all things postal related.
Waymark Code: WM5V97
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2009
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Fort Worth Points of Interest
6. The UNITED STATES POST OFFICE, SE. corner Jennings
and W. Lancaster Aves., designed in the classic Greek manner by
Wyatt C. Hedrick, architect, was completed in 1933 at a cost of
$1,050,000. The light gray outside walls are of Cordova limestone,
with 1 6 four-foot Corinthian columns capped by Grecian spans of Bedford
limestone between the entrances. Steps and foundation trim are
of Texas granite, and a seven-foot wall encloses a light-well in front of
the building. Emblems of the United States are on bronze medallions
at each end of the structure. At each north entrance foyer are four
2O-foot columns of green Grecian marble. Floors also are of marble.
The corridor is 260 feet by 22 feet, lined on both sides by offices and
service windows. The walls are tan, marble-lined to a height of eightfeet, and above that is a bronze grille with an American eagle perched
between the United States Shield and the Texas Star. The frieze on
both sides carries the same motif and the ornamental plaster ceiling is
richly decorated with gold leaf and bright colors.
The RAILWAY TERMINAL POST OFFICE (visited by arrangement),
on the second floor, houses the headquarters offices of the Eleventh
Division of Railway Mail Service, which serves Texas, Oklahoma and
New Mexico, and some sections of Colorado and Arizona.
TEXAS - A GUIDE TO THE LONE STAR STATE, 1940 p 263
The outside of the building has not changed. The streets are wider with a lot more traffic. Inside there is very little change also. The halls are darker that you would find in a building built today.