Historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

Historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

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1914, Oscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury; 2005 rehabilitated, Lavin Architects. 620 S. Taylor St.

This former federal building is a three-story limestone Italianate scheme characteristic of the tenure of Wenderoth’s predecessor as Supervising Architect, James Knox Taylor. Five central bays are framed by slightly projecting end bays. Shallow, two-story Ionic pilasters support a trim cornice with an attic story above and a heavily bracketed red tile roof overhang. After being replaced with a new courthouse (AO3) in 1938, this building was occupied by several federal agencies, was then sold in 1973, and is currently occupied by First Capital Bank. A rehabilitation in 2005 recovered the rich interior lobby detailing, including a wood-beamed ceiling painted to give the illusion of a sky.

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