Terre Haute Post Office and Federal Building explained

Terre Haute Post Office and Federal Building
Location:7th and Cherry, Terre Haute, Indiana
Coordinates:39.4672°N -87.4075°W
Area:74,515 square feet
Built:1934
Architect:Miller and Yeager
Architecture:Art deco
Added:August 13, 1984
Mpsub:Downtown Terre Haute MRA
Refnum:84003813[1]

The Terre Haute Post Office and Federal Building is a historic structure in Terre Haute, Indiana.

The first post office and federal building at this site opened in 1887. When this building was demolished in 1933, work began on the current structure. (The columns and pediment from the first post office now make up part of the Chauncey Rose Memorial in Terre Haute's Fairbanks Park.) The current building was funded as Public Work Project under the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The three-story Art Deco-style post office was built 1934 to the designs of Terre Hautebased architects Miller & Yeager for the cost of around $450,000.[2] Completed on December 1, 1934, the building opened to the public in 1935. It originally was home to the post office, the Social Security Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service and the federal court. The federal courtroom features a mural by Frederick Webb Ross titled "The Signing of the Magna Carta."[3] [4]

The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

In 2007, the GSA turned over the facility to Indiana State; following a $30-million dollar, multi-year renovation; the building became the new home of the Indiana State University Scott College of Business. The first classes were held during the Fall 2012 semester.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Terre Haute Post Office and Federal Building. 2010-05-13. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Questionnaire for Architects' Roster and/or Register of Architects Qualified for Federal Public Works Web site: Archived copy . 2010-02-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724230155/http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/AIA%20scans/Rosters/VonnegutWrightYeager_roster.pdf . 2011-07-24 . June 13, 1946.
  3. Patrick . Linda . Historical Treasure: Downtown U.S. Post Office is a 'classic' . Tribune-Star . Terre Haute, Indiana . April 15, 2007 . May 17, 2010 .
  4. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Historic Resources of Downtown Terre Haute (Part 1). 2016-07-01. Alan Goebes . March 1983. and Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Historic Resources of Downtown Terre Haute (Part 2). 2016-07-01. Alan Goebes . March 1983.
  5. Web site: COB Steps Closer to Downtown Move. Scott College of Business Magazine. Indiana State University. 1 April 2015.