National Register of Historic Places

US Post Office-Arlington

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
Listed
February 7, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
86000151

About this property

US Post Office-Arlington is a historic post office building located in the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. It was designed and built in 1937, and is one of a number of post offices designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department under Louis A. Simon. The building is a one-story, pentagonal shaped brick building in the Georgian Revival style. Atop the entrance portico is a dome that rises above the buildings flat roof and is supported by four fluted limestone piers. The interior features murals by Auriel Bessemer picturing Native Americans on Analostan Island, Captain John Smith and the Native Americans, tobacco picking by the Lee mansion, Robert E. Lee receiving his Confederate commission in Richmond, a picnic at Great Falls, polo players at Fort Myer, and a contemporary harvest at an apple orchard. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 7, 1986.

Location

3118 N. Washington Blvd.
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
38.88561, -77.09522

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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

US Post Office-Arlington was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 7, 1986.

What type of historic resource is US Post Office-Arlington?

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

What is the period of significance for US Post Office-Arlington?

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

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