Old Post Office (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
Appearance
Old Post Office | |
Location | Convention Blvd., Hot Springs, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°30′27″N 93°2′57″W / 34.50750°N 93.04917°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1901 |
Architect | Office of the Supervising Architect under James Knox Taylor |
Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 90000547[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 12, 1990 |
The Old Post Office is a historic former post office building on Convention Boulevard in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a steel and masonry structure, two stories in height, finished in brick and stone, with Renaissance Revival styling. Its main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance set in a round-arch entrance with an elaborate keystone. The interior lobby area has its original red marble finish, with quartersawn oak trim. The former post office was built in 1901, and is one of the city's best examples of Renaissance Revival architecture.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Garland County, Arkansas
- List of United States post offices
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Old Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
Categories:
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Renaissance Revival architecture in Arkansas
- Government buildings completed in 1901
- Buildings and structures in Hot Springs, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Garland County, Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs