United States Post Office (Arlington, Virginia)

US Post Office-Arlington
Arlington Post Office, September 2012
Location 3118 N. Washington Blvd., Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates 38°53′8″N 77°5′44″W / 38.88556°N 77.09556°W / 38.88556; -77.09556Coordinates: 38°53′8″N 77°5′44″W / 38.88556°N 77.09556°W / 38.88556; -77.09556
Area 0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built 1937 (1937)
Architect Simon, Louis A.; Et al.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference # 86000151[1]
VLR # 000-0070
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 7, 1986
Designated VLR August 13, 1985[2]

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 Indians on Analostan Island, Captain John Smith and the Indians, 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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ↑ Betty Bird (June 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: US Post Office-Arlington" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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