National Register of Historic Places

US Post Office-Hollywood Station

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Listed
January 11, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85000130

About this property

The United States Post Office in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, also known as Hollywood Station, is an active U.S. post office located at 1615 Wilcox, between Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1937, renowned Art Deco architect Claud Beelman, a partner at Curlett + Beelman, was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to design the Hollywood Post Office Building. He worked with the Los Angeles architectural firm Allison & Allison. Beelman also designed the Los Angeles County Fair Gallery, also commissioned by the WPA in 1937, now known as the Millard Sheets Center for the Arts at Fairplex. A wooden bas-relief for interior lobby, titled The Horseman, was carved by artist Gordon Newell as a Treasury Relief Art Project commission. It is still in the building, located over a doorway. Using a steam shovel, the ground breaking was done by Will H. Hays of the Motion Picture Production Code. The post office is one of the few historic government buildings remaining relatively unchanged in Hollywood. List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood

Location

1615 N. Wilcox Ave.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
34.10007, -118.33134

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was US Post Office-Hollywood Station listed on the National Register?

US Post Office-Hollywood Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1985.

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US Post Office-Hollywood Station is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for US Post Office-Hollywood Station is recorded as the industrial era.

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