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

Customhouse and Post Office
Location in Washington, D.C.
Location 1221 31st St., NW., Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates 38°54′21″N 77°03′39″W / 38.90578°N 77.06096°W / 38.90578; -77.06096Coordinates: 38°54′21″N 77°03′39″W / 38.90578°N 77.06096°W / 38.90578; -77.06096
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1858
Architect Ammi B. Young
Architectural style Renaissance, Italian Palace
NRHP reference # 71001006[1]
Added to NRHP September 10, 1971

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]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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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