United States Post Office

United States Post Office (HM10PO)

Location: Berkeley, CA 94704 Alameda County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 52.134', W 122° 16.205'

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Oscar Wenderoth, Architect; 1914

— Listed on the National Register of Historic Places —

City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1980
Berkeley's elegant Main Post Office is representative of the Second Renaissance Revival style, also called Neo-Classical Revival. Government buildings constructed in this era were designed to "educate and develop the public taste and eventually elevate it to a higher plane." Classical motifs decorate the building's exterior and interior. The exterior terra cotta arches that are supported by plain tuscan columns are repeated on the inner wall of the loggia and again in the wall between the lobby and the main workroom. The mural over the door of the original Postmaster's office, which depicts figures from California's Spanish and pioneer periods, was painted in 1936-1937 by Suzanne Scheuer for the Treasury Relief Art Project during the Depression.
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HM NumberHM10PO
Series This marker is part of the Postal Mail and Philately series
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Year Placed1998
Placed ByBerkeley Historical Plaque Project
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, October 3rd, 2014 at 9:39am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10S E 564199 N 4191520
Decimal Degrees37.86890000, -122.27008333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 52.134', W 122° 16.205'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 52' 8.04" N, 122° 16' 12.30" W
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Area Code(s)510, 415
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2000 Allston Way, Berkeley CA 94704, US
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