National Register of Historic Places

United States Post Office and Courthouse

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Listed
March 24, 2000
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
00000244

About this property

The United States Post Office and Court House in Tulsa, Oklahoma, also known as Federal Building, is a federal building of the United States government completed in 1917 and located at 224 South Boulder Avenue. The supervising architect for both the original construction and a substantial extension completed in 1933 was James A. Wetmore. The building houses a post office and housed the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma from 1917 to 1925, when the districts were reconfigured and it became a courthouse of the Northern District of Oklahoma. Built in the Classical Revival style, the building has been described as "the postal beauty of the southwest… a marble, bronze and granite memorial to its builders". It served historically as a post office, as a courthouse, and as a government office building.

Location

224 S. Boulder Ave.
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
36.15338, -95.99280

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was United States Post Office and Courthouse listed on the National Register?

United States Post Office and Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 24, 2000.

What type of historic resource is United States Post Office and Courthouse?

United States Post Office and Courthouse is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for United States Post Office and Courthouse is recorded as the industrial era.

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