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File:Looking north, central elevator core (-17 open and -18 and -19 closed) - City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HABS DC,WASH,587-139.tif

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Looking north, central elevator core (-17 open and -18 and -19 closed) - City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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Graham, Probst,Anderson and White
Turpin, Wachter and Associates
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Looking north, central elevator core (-17 open and -18 and -19 closed) - City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS DC,WASH,587-139
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  • Significance: The Washington City Post Office, constructed in 1911-1914, is an excellent example of the Beaux Arts Classical style of architecture. It is important both for its individual design as a monumental public and light-industrial service building, and in its important complementary visual and functional relationship to Union Station and the U.S. Capital. The post office was designed by the nationally recognized firm of D.H. Burnham and Company , which was noted for its major contributions to both architecture and the planning of many cities throughout the United States, especially for the role of its principal, Daniel Burnham, in the development of the Plan of 1901 for Washington, D.C. The post office building is a critical element in the architectural and visual frame of the U.S. Capitol, including Columbus Plaza, which was developed s an extension of the 1901 Plan for Washington. The building was built as a national model of the U.S. Postal Service's highest standards of post office design, function, and service, and served as the main Washington City Post Office for 72 years.
  • Survey number: HABS DC-570
  • Building/structure dates: 1914 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0641.photos.030474p
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Camera location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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