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The Chicago Federal Building was the first government structure constructed with the purpose of housing the post office. [2] Demolition began on the old building in June 1896 after the post office relocated to a temporary building on the site now occupied by the 333 North Michigan Avenue Building.
The Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse. Completed in 1934 during the Great Depression, the courthouse symbolized growth and renewed optimism in Fort Worth.Akin to other buildings of the 1930s, its design and construction fit the pattern of the New Deal-era federal building programs enacted to relieve widespread unemployment.
United States Post Office is located on 251 W. Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas. Designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick, the building opened on February 22, 1933. Composed of Cordova limestone, the three-story rectangular building was designed in the Beaux Arts style. In 2014, the building was placed on the "Most Endangered Places" list by Historic ...
That loading dock with its 17 roll-up doors on the west end of the old T&P passenger station was the home of the Railway Express in Fort Worth for 44 years (1931-1975).
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The supervising architect was James G. Gill. It was completed in 1880, but already occupied by 1879. [4]Federal courts meeting in this building were the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1879 to 1894), the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1879 to 1894), and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1891 ...
The Beaux Arts building at the corner of West Seventh and Houston streets dates to 1910 and was originally designed for First National Bank of Fort Worth. It has been extensively remodeled over ...