Pueblo Federal Building

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Pueblo Federal Building
William Aiken, supervising architect for the U.S. Treasury Department, designed this 1897 Pueblo, Colorado, Federal Building and Post Office along the lines of an Italian Renaissance Palazzo LCCN2015632752.tif
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Location421 N. Main St., Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Coordinates 38°16′16″N104°36′30″W / 38.27111°N 104.60833°W / 38.27111; -104.60833
Built1897
Architect William Aiken
Architectural styleLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Italian Renaissance Palazzo
NRHP reference No. 78000881 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1978

The Pueblo Federal Building is a historic government building in Pueblo, Colorado, built in 1897. The building served as a federal courthouse and post office. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

It was designed by architect William Aiken. It was built at cost of $275,000. "The Post Office is characteristic of many other fine government structures constructed in the late 1800s, though it is the only example of this type of architecture in the region." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Barbara A. Cole; Ray Bryan (October 4, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Pueblo Federal Building / U. S. Post Office". National Park Service. With three photos from 1977.