Historic Place

US Post Office

Fort Worth · Tarrant County · Dedicated 1985 · THC Atlas #2085000855

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Architecture

About this site

US Post Office is a historic place in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 42 historic places documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 501 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.7462, -97.3293 near Fort Worth. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Worth Main Post Office Buiding (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Texas & Pacific Terminal Building, Hell's Half Acre, and Texas Spring Palace.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2085000855. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The United States Post Office at 251 W. Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth was designed by architect Wyatt C. Hedrick and opened on February 22, 1933. The three-story Beaux-Arts building is faced in Cordova limestone, and its column capitals are carved with Texas Longhorn and Hereford cattle heads while lion heads ornament the cornice. It houses New Deal murals by Fort Worth artists Dwight Clay Holmes and William Henry Baker and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org fortwortharchitecture.com

📍 32.7462, -97.3293 · Fort Worth, Tarrant County

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