Hollywood Post Office - Los Angeles CA

City:: Los Angeles, CA
Site Type:: Post Offices, Federal Facilities
New Deal Agencies:: Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
Contractors:: Allison and Allison - Associate Architects, Claude Beelman - Associate Architect, Louis A. Simon - Supervising Architect, Neal A. Melick - Supervising Engineer
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

The historic and grand Hollywood post office was constructed as a New Deal project. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork and is sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

“In 1937[sic], renowned art deco architect Claud Beelman, then partner at Curlett + Beelman, could not have had any inkling that his WPA commissioned Hollywood Post Office Building, (located at 1615 Wilcox) would end up being a dead letter repository for love letters to such Hollywood luminaries as Clark Gable, Judy Garland, et al.”