United States Post Office (San Pedro, California)

Last updated
US Post Office--San Pedro Main
San Pedro Post Office Building.jpg
San Pedro Post Office, 2008
USA Los Angeles Metropolitan Area location map.svg
Red pog.svg
USA California location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location San Pedro, California
Coordinates 33°44′11″N118°16′51″W / 33.73639°N 118.28083°W / 33.73639; -118.28083 Coordinates: 33°44′11″N118°16′51″W / 33.73639°N 118.28083°W / 33.73639; -118.28083
Built1935
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; Martin, Fletcher
Architectural styleWPA moderne; Classized Art Deco
MPS US Post Office in California 1900-1941 TR
NRHP reference # 85000132 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 1985

U.S. Post Office in San Pedro, California is a historic Streamline Moderne Post Office built in 1935 as a Works Project Administration project. Designed by Louis A. Simon and Fletcher Martin in the WPA modern style, a conservative or classicized Art Deco, the San Pedro Post Office was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The building also formerly served as a U.S. Customs Office. The building's use of marble, bronze and milk glass are typical of 1930s architecture for U.S. government buildings. The floor tile is laid in a basket weave pattern surrounded by black marble, giving the effect of rugs on a marble floor. Some of the original bronze lamps and ink wells are still intact at the public writing desks. The mural inside the Post Office Building was painted by Fletcher Martin in 1938 and is titled "Mail Transportation." Martin (born 1904) also painted WPA-era murals at the U.S. Post Office buildings in La Mesa, Texas, and Kellogg, Idaho.

Contents

WPA-era mural of mail carriers at San Pedro Post Office 'Mural of Mail Carriers', by Fletcher Martin, c. 1935, San Pedro Post Office, San Pedro, California.jpg
WPA-era mural of mail carriers at San Pedro Post Office

See also

Related Research Articles

Rincon Center United States historic place

Rincon Center is a major and public complex of shops, restaurants, offices, and apartments in South of Market in Downtown San Francisco, California. It comprises an entire city block, bounded by Mission, Howard, Spear, and Steuart Streets. There are two buildings.

Los Angeles Maritime Museum maritime museum

The Los Angeles Maritime Museum is a non-profit maritime museum, located at Sixth Street at Harbor Boulevard in the community of San Pedro, in Los Angeles, California.

Burbank City Hall United States historic place

Burbank City Hall is the site of the municipal government of Burbank, California, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building United States historic place

San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building is a former Los Angeles Harbor Department ferry terminal building located at Sixth Street at Harbor Boulevard in the community of San Pedro in Los Angeles, California.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles, California.

Hardy Memorial Tower United States historic place

Hardy Memorial Tower at San Diego State University, constructed as a Works Progress Administration project in 1931, is 11 stories tall; it contains the Fletcher Symphonic Carillon, consisting of 204 bells over 6 octaves. Hardy Memorial Tower is part of the original core of the SDSU campus on Montezuma mesa, and was the University's original library.

Jacob Weinberger United States Courthouse United States historic place

The Jacob Weinberger U.S. Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located in San Diego, California. It is a courthouse for the United States bankruptcy court for the Southern District of California.

United States Court House (Los Angeles) United States historic place

The United States Court House in Downtown Los Angeles is a Moderne style building that originally served as both a post office and a courthouse. The building was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood and Louis A. Simon, and construction was completed in 1940.

United States Customhouse (San Francisco) United States historic place

The U.S. Customhouse is a historic custom house located in San Francisco, California. It was built to house offices of the United States Customs Service.

United States Courthouse (Tallahassee)

The United States Courthouse, Tallahassee, Florida, is a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse United States historic place

The Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, formerly known as the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office and as the Federal Building, is a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, located in Indianapolis. It is a distinguished example of Beaux-Arts architecture, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Constructed from 1902 to 1905, the United States District Court for the District of Indiana met here until it was subdivided in 1928; the United States Circuit Court for the District of Indiana met here until that court was abolished in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "U.S. Courthouse and Post Office" in 1974. The courthouse was renamed in honor of Senator Birch Bayh in 2003.

United States Post Office and Federal Building (Wichita, Kansas) United States historic place

The U.S. Courthouse, Wichita, Kansas is a historic post office, courthouse, and Federal office building located at Wichita in Sedgwick County, Kansas. It is a courthouse for the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

Gene Snyder United States Courthouse United States historic place

The Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse and Custom House, also known as United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House, is a historic courthouse, custom house, and post office located at Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky. It is the courthouse for the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the "United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House" name.

Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and United States Courthouse United States historic place

The Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and United States Courthouse, commonly referred to as the Solomon Building is a historic post office and courthouse located at Chattanooga, Tennessee in Hamilton County, Tennessee. The courthouse serves the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as U.S. Post Office. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon and Reuben Harrison Hunt with watercolor murals by Hilton Leech.

United States Post Office and Courthouse (New Bern, North Carolina) historic building in New Bern, North Carolina, United States

The United States Post Office and Courthouse is a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, located in New Bern, North Carolina. The building was completed in 1935, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, as a contributing building within the New Bern Historic District.

Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and United States Courthouse United States historic place

The Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and United States Courthouse is a historic courthouse, federal office, and post office building located in Downtown San Antonio in Bexar County in the U.S. state of Texas. It was formerly the U.S. Post Office, Federal Office Building and Courthouse. It is the courthouse for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. It holds a prominent location on Alamo Plaza, across from the Alamo. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as San Antonio U.S. Post Office and Courthouse.

David W. Dyer Federal Building and United States Courthouse United States historic place

The David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, formerly known simply as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, is an historic United States Post Office and federal courthouse of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida located at 300 Northeast 1st Avenue in Miami, Florida. Built in 1931 of limestone, it is the largest such structure in South Florida.

United States Post Office–New London Main United States historic place

The U.S. Post Office-New London Main is located at 27 Masonic Street in New London, Connecticut. Completed in 1934 as part of a Depression-era jobs program, it is one of the small number of such post offices designed by a private architectural firm, Payne & Keefe. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Fletcher Martin American painter

Fletcher Martin, was an American painter, illustrator, muralist and educator. He is best known for his images of soldier life during World War II and his sometimes brutal images of boxing and other sports.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.