United States Post Office | |
Postcard view, c. 1930-45 | |
Location | 129 E. Main St., Salisbury, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 38°21′55″N75°35′59″W / 38.36528°N 75.59972°W Coordinates: 38°21′55″N75°35′59″W / 38.36528°N 75.59972°W |
Built | 1924 |
Architect | Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference # | 16000199 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 26, 2016 |
The Maude R. Toulson Federal Building is a historic federal government building in Salisbury, Maryland. It is a large two-story brick building with Classical Revival styling. It has a nine-bay front facade, the center three projecting slightly, and is topped by a low balustrade punctuated by brick piers. The center bays have recessed arches, with windows in the outer of those bays flanking a center entrance. It was built in 1924–25 as a five bay building, with an enlargement in 1934–35; the original design was by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore. The building initially housed the United States Post Office, and now houses other federal facilities, including the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. [2]
Salisbury is a city in and the county seat of Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, and the largest city in the state's Eastern Shore region. The population was 30,343 at the 2010 census. Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is the commercial hub of the Delmarva Peninsula, which was long devoted to agriculture and had a southern culture. It calls itself "The Comfortable Side of Coastal".
James Alfonso Wetmore was an American lawyer and administrator, best known as the Acting Supervising Architect of the U.S. Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department from 1915 through 1933.
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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [1]
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wicomico County, Maryland.
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