US_Post_Office_and_Customhouse_(Gulfport,_Mississippi)

United States Post Office and Customhouse (Gulfport, Mississippi)

United States Post Office and Customhouse (Gulfport, Mississippi)

United States historic place

The U.S. Post Office and Customhouse in Gulfport, Mississippi is a historic post office and customhouse that was completed in 1910 under supervision of the U.S. Treasury Department, with James Knox Taylor as Supervising Architect. One of the oldest public or commercial structures in the city, it also has been known as Downtown Station and as Old Main Post Office. In 1963 a one-story extension to the rear was added.[2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

Its NRHP nomination asserted "It is a beautifully proportioned building with elegant and tasteful embellishments and is significant as one of the finest examples of Second Renaissance Revival architecture in Mississippi."[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    Ila Ree Odom (June 3, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: U.S. Post Office and Customhouse / Downtown Station (Old Main Post Office)". National Park Service. Retrieved October 10, 2016. with three photos from 1983


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