US Post Office-Arlington is a historic post office building located in the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. It was designed and built in 1937, and is one of a number of post offices designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department under Louis A. Simon. The building is a one-story, pentagonal shaped brick building in the Georgian Revival style. Atop the entrance portico is a dome that rises above the buildings flat roof and is supported by four fluted limestone piers. The interior features murals by Auriel Bessemer picturing Native Americans on Analostan Island, Captain John Smith and the Native Americans, tobacco picking by the Lee mansion, Robert E. Lee receiving his Confederate commission in Richmond, a picnic at Great Falls, polo players at Fort Myer, and a contemporary harvest at an apple orchard.[3]
US Post Office-Arlington | |
 Arlington Post Office, September 2012 | |
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| Location | 3118 N. Washington Blvd., Arlington, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°53′8″N 77°5′44″W / 38.88556°N 77.09556°W |
| Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Simon, Louis A.; Et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000151[1] |
| VLR No. | 000-0070 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 7, 1986 |
| Designated VLR | August 13, 1985[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 7, 1986.[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Bird, Betty (June 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: US Post Office-Arlington" (PDF). Arlington County government. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2018. and Accompanying photo
- ^ "Arlington County" (PDF). Virginia Landmarks Register: National Register of Historic Places: Updated Through DHR December 14, 2017, and NPS February 14, 2018 Announcements. p. 31. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
External links
edit- Arlington Post Office, 3118 N. Washington Boulevard, Arlington, Arlington County, VA: 3 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Miller, Richard E. (June 16, 2016). Fisher, Bernard (ed.). ""Arlington Post Office" marker". HMdB: The Historical Marker Database. Archived from the original on November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.