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]
References
- ^ 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.
Template:List of United States Post Offices
Categories:
- Buildings and structures in Stockton, California
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- 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