Fort Worth Post Office
by Joan Carroll
Title
Fort Worth Post Office
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
Neither rain nor sleet....nor apparently old age...May and June of 2014 were busy months for the historic Post Office Building in downtown Fort Worth TX. Long neglected but loved by many loyal patrons, Historic Fort Worth added this building to the city�s �Most Endangered Places� list during National Historic Preservation Month in May. Historic Fort Worth is a local partner of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and recognizes historic properties within the community that are threatened by deterioration, neglect, vandalism, encroaching development or lack of financial resources. The United States Postal Service has made an effort during recent years to decrease its number of properties. This main post office, built in 1933, is still in operation and was one of those properties planned for disposal by the USPS. On June 10, a city board voted to make a $7 million offer to buy the historic downtown post office. But within hours, the U.S. Postal Service announced the building is not for sale after all! The city board was surprise to say the least, but pleased. The concern was that the building would go unoccupied and fall into deterioration. The post office was designed by local architect Wyatt C. Hedrick, who also designed the neighboring passenger terminal and warehouse as well as the Will Rogers Memorial Center and Amon G. Carter Stadium. The building had been considered as a possible new city hall since 2004, with the city spending $200,000 in 2009 to study the idea and even entering negotiations with the Postal Service. Unlike most post offices across the nation, the architecture of the beaux-arts/classical revival building is quite detailed. The lobby has six glass writing tables with bronze lion-head supports. Outside, 16 classical limestone columns face Lancaster Avenue and the cornice features lions� heads encircling the building. Murals in the building, by Dwight C. Holmes and former Star-Telegram illustrator William H. Baker, depict the history of the post office from an ox-drawn mail wagon all the way to air mail.
FEATURED PHOTO, Tweaked and Antiqued group, 1/27/15
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June 11th, 2014
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