United_States_Post_Office_(Anniston,_Alabama)

United States Post Office (Anniston, Alabama)

United States Post Office (Anniston, Alabama)

United States historic place

The U.S. Post Office, also known as the Federal Building and Courthouse, is a historic government building in Anniston, Alabama.[1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1976.[1]

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Architecture and history

The Beaux-Arts-style building was constructed in 1904-06 and was designed by architects and engineers in the Office of the Supervising Architect under James Knox Taylor. When it was completed it housed courts of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States Post Office. A major addition was added in 1934, and the post office moved to a different location in 1962.[2][3] In 2019 construction began at a site on Gurnee Avenue for a new Federal Building, with a design in part derived from the old building.[4]

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References

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    Gamble, Robert (2001). Historic architecture in Alabama: A guide to styles and types, 1810-1930. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. pp. 138–145. ISBN 978-0-8173-1134-6.
  3. [3]
    US Post Office NRHP Registration Form (1976)
  4. [4]
    New Anniston US Courthouse, accessed March 24, 2022.


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