United States Post Office Building (Selma, Alabama)

The U.S. Post Office Building in Selma, Alabama, also known as the Federal Building or United States Courthouse.[1]

U.S. Post Office Building
The building in 2010
Location908 Alabama Ave., Selma, Alabama
Coordinates32°24′27″N 87°1′15″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1909
ArchitectOffice of the Supervising Architect
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.76000322[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 1976

Architecture and history

The Beaux-Arts-style building was constructed in 1909 and designed by architects and engineers in the Office of the Supervising Architect under James Knox Taylor. It was built to house facilities of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, the United States Post Office and other federal agencies. In 1928 a one-story addition was added to the rear of the building, and the post office later moved to a new building on the other side of downtown.[2][3]

The arch in front of the building was built in 1913 as a memorial to John Tyler Morgan and Edmund W. Pettus, Senators from Alabama. The design was by Hugh A. Price, a monument designer from Chicago.[3][4]

It was listed, for its architecture, in the National Register of Historic Places on March 26, 1976.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  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. US Post Office Building NRHP Registration Form (1976)
  4. Confederate Veteran 21, no. 10 (October, 1913)
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