United States Post Office and Courthouse

Architect
James A. Wetmore
Year
1932
Style
Neoclassical
City
Baltimore, MD
Collection
neoclassical
United States Post Office and Courthouse
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The United States Post Office and Courthouse is a Neoclassical federal building in downtown Baltimore, completed in 1932 and designed by James A. Wetmore, who served as the U.S. Supervising Architect. It is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

the style

The building was designed in the Neoclassical style, a common idiom for federal courthouses and post offices of its era.

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the architect

James A. Wetmore served as U.S. Supervising Architect, the office responsible for federal building design in this period; he is credited with this Neoclassical courthouse and post office, completed in 1932.

significance

The building is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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