Howard Cheney Sites

The historic Englewood Station Post Office on 63d Street in Chicago was built by the U.S. Treasury Department in 1938.   The Moderne-style structure was designed by Howard Cheney in the Treasury's architecture office, directed by Louis Simon. The eight flanking window openings on the facade are two stories tall, framed in concrete. The building is clad in buff-colored brick. The Englewood Station is still in operation.  The lobby has been modified and the exterior looks rather threadbare, a fitting testament to the poverty afflicting the Englewood district on the city's south side.