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Cleburne City Hall (U.S. Post Office)

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1912, James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury. 10 N. Robinson St.

This former U.S. Post Office, an elegant classical structure, typical of the post office designs produced under Taylor’s tenure as Supervising Architect, is faced with cream terra-cotta. Six engaged Tuscan columns form a recessed central portico, bracketed by solid end bays. A balustrade runs above the entablature. In the center of the portico, the entrance door has a prominent projecting pediment on brackets, with a large spread-winged eagle landing at the apex.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Church of the Holy Comforter
Liberty Hotel
Johnson County Courthouse
Wright Plaza (A. J. Wright Building)
Layland Museum of History (Cleburne Carnegie Library)

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Cleburne City Hall (U.S. Post Office)", [Cleburne, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-WC34.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 257-257.

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