Jeffersonian Deco might be the term for this wonderful post office with a splayed plan and a domed entrance that skillfully turns the corner at this intersection. In keeping with other federal designs for post offices in Virginia, it is red brick with light-colored stone trim, but as a departure from strait-laced Colonial Revival, details such as the piers are abstracted. The interior furnishings are largely original. The public lobby also contains six small murals by Auriel
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U.S. Post Office
1937, Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect, U.S. Treasury Department. 3118 Washington Blvd. (southeast corner of Washington Blvd. and N. Hudson St.)
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