Customhouse_and_Post_Office_(Washington,_D.C.)

Customhouse and Post Office (Washington, D.C.)

Customhouse and Post Office (Washington, D.C.)

United States historic place

The Customhouse and Post Office in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., was completed in 1858 in a Renaissance Revival–Italian Palace style. Construction cost was $55,468. The first floor was occupied by a branch post office and the second floor by the Customs Service.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] It was already included as a contributing building within the Georgetown Historic District.[2]

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It was designed during 1856–57 by Ammi B. Young (1798–1874), who was Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury.[2] On June 23, 1967, the customhouse moved from its 31st Street location to a new building at 3180 Bladensburg Road, N.E., Washington, D.C. A small branch post office remains on the first floor.

The main block of the building is 61 feet (19 m) by 46 feet (14 m); it has additions to the north and to the east. It has a low seamed-metal roof.[2]

  • 1906 interior photo
  • First floor column, 1933
  • Interior staircase, first floor
  • Original first-floor plan
  • Front elevation, 1970

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    Suzanne Ganschinietz (March 29, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Custom House and Post Office (Georgetown)". National Park Service. Retrieved September 22, 2016. with photo from 1964

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