William M. Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse explained

Tyler US Post Office and Courthouse
Location:211 W. Ferguson St.,
Tyler, Texas
Coordinates:32.3511°N -95.3025°W
Map Label:Tyler US Post Office and Courthouse
Locmap Relief:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location for Tyler US Post Office and Courthouse
Built:-
Builder:Ralph Sollitt and Sons
Architect:Shirley Simons
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:April 25, 2001
Refnum:01000433

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.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: . Victoria Green Clow . June 9, 2000. (accessible by searching within National Archives Catalog)