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United States Post Office (Fort Worth, Texas)

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Coordinates: 32°44′47″N 97°19′46″W / 32.74639°N 97.32944°W / 32.74639; -97.32944
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United States Post Office
Post Office in 2014
US Post Office is located in Texas
US Post Office
US Post Office
US Post Office is located in the United States
US Post Office
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Location251 W. Lancaster Ave.,
Fort Worth, Texas
Coordinates32°44′47″N 97°19′46″W / 32.74639°N 97.32944°W / 32.74639; -97.32944
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1931 (1931)
ArchitectWyatt C. Hedrick
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.84001998[1]
RTHL No.2030
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 15, 1985
Designated RTHL1980

United States Post Office is located on 251 W. Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas. Designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick, the building opened on February 22, 1933. Composed of Cordova limestone, the three-story rectangular building was designed in the Beaux Arts style. In 2014, the building was placed on the "Most Endangered Places" list by Historic Fort Worth, Inc. The building was added to the National Register 1985.[2]

The building contains New Deal murals commissioned by the Public Works of Art Project in 1934, created by Fort Worth artists Dwight Clay Holmes and William Henry Baker.[3][4]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "United States Post Office, Fort Worth". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. April 15, 1985.
  3. ^ "Main Post Office (former) Murals – Fort Worth TX". The Living New Deal. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  4. ^ Report of the Public Works of Art Project. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1934. p. 75.
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