United States Post Office (Stockton, California)
Appearance
U.S. Post Office | |
Location | 401 N. San Joaquin St., Stockton, California |
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Coordinates | 37°57′27″N 121°17′17″W / 37.95750°N 121.28806°W |
Area | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
Built by | Murch Brothers |
Architect | Bliss & Fairweather; Bissell, Howard G. |
Architectural style | "Starved Classicism" |
NRHP reference No. | 83001236[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 10, 1983 |
The U.S. Post Office, also known as the Federal Building, is a post office and government building in Stockton, California.
The building is designed in a mixture of classical and moderne styles known as "starved classicism". The architecture firm of Bliss and Fairweather designed the building in 1931, and it was built in 1932–33. The building's construction was part of a federal construction program started by Herbert Hoover.
In addition to the post office, the building has housed a variety of other federal offices and is considered "a locally prominent symbol of the federal government".[2]
The U.S. Post Office was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1983.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Fraser, Clayton B. (March 7, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: U.S. Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
Categories:
- Buildings and structures in Stockton, California
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- Federal buildings in the United States
- Government buildings completed in 1933
- Moderne architecture in California
- National Register of Historic Places in San Joaquin County, California
- San Joaquin Valley Registered Historic Place stubs