William M. Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse
Tyler US Post Office and Courthouse | |
Location | 211 W. Ferguson St., Tyler, Texas |
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Coordinates | 32°21′4″N 95°18′9″W / 32.35111°N 95.30250°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1933 | -1934
Built by | Ralph Sollitt and Sons |
Architect | Shirley Simons |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 01000433[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 25, 2001 |
The William M. Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse is a historic government building built in Tyler, Texas. It was built during 1933–1934 in a restrained Classical Revival style. It served historically as a courthouse, post office, and a government office building. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as the Tyler US Post Office and Courthouse.[1]
It was designed by local architect Shirley Simons with supervision by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore. Its materials include a dark gray mottled granite on the ground floor, light buff limestone cladding the first floor, salmon-colored brick on the second and third floors. Acroterions appear at each corner of a parapet.[2]
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[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Victoria Green Clow (June 9, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tyler US Post Office and Courthouse / Tyler Federal Building". National Park Service.
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- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- Neoclassical architecture in Texas
- Government buildings completed in 1934
- Buildings and structures in Tyler, Texas
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- Courthouses in Texas
- National Register of Historic Places in Smith County, Texas
- 1934 establishments in Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
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