United States Post Office
- Architect
- James Knox Taylor
- Year
- 1910
- City
- Des Moines, IA
This United States Post Office was designed by James Knox Taylor of the U.S. Treasury Department in 1908 and completed in 1910 for $488,016.67. It was the second building constructed in the Civic Center district and the first federal structure there under the City Beautiful Movement. The building now houses administrative offices for Polk County.
the architect
James Knox Taylor designed the building in 1908 while on the staff of the United States Treasury Department.
significance
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and later a contributing property of the Civic Center Historic District established in 1988.
nearby
- Public Library of Des Moines
- Homestead Building
- Hawkeye Insurance Company Building
- Iowa Commission for the Blind Building
- United States Courthouse
- Des Moines City Hall