- City:
- Burbank, CA
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Federal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
- Completed:
- 1938
- Designers:
- Gilbert Stanley Underwood, Louis A. Simon
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Downtown Post Office in Burbank, CA, was constructed by the Treasury Department between 1937 and 1938.
The Mission Revival style Post Office was designed by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood. “Its Spanish roof and five arches grace the facade that welcomes patrons inside. The suspended lanterns in the porch are reminiscent of a Spanish hacienda that provides beauty as well as shelter. The main entrance’s double doors are handcrafted and trimmed with blue and red. […] The architectural theme of the building is further carried out in the interior. Masonry floors and tiled walls decorate the public areas and elicit a bygone era, when brick was a more functional flooring material than wood. The geometric brick patterns that line the floor testify to the time and effort of the workers who laid it. Colorful hand-painted tiles of scenes of Spanish life are injected to provide life into otherwise plain tile walls” (Bullock, 2022).
The Downtown Post Office was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Source notes
Craig Bullock, "The cornerstone to the Downtown Post...," Burbank Leader, Sept. 4, 2002 (accessed Mar. 25, 2023).
Photos by Jordan McAlister
Site originally submitted by Shaina Potts on June 15, 2009.
Additional contributions by Natalie McDonald.
At this Location:
Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $150,000 |
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