Tyler US Post Office and Courthouse

211 W. Ferguson St., Tyler, Texas. County/parish: Smith.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 25, 2001. NRIS 01000433.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Tyler Federal Building

From Wikipedia:

William M. Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse

The William M. Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse is a historic government building built in Tyler, Texas. It was built during 1933–1934 in a restrained Classical Revival style. It served historically as a courthouse, post office, and a government office building. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as the Tyler US Post Office and Courthouse.

It was designed by local architect Shirley Simons with supervision by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore. Its materials include a dark gray mottled granite on the ground floor, light buff limestone cladding the first floor, salmon-colored brick on the second and third floors. Acroterions appear at each corner of a parapet.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973359

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