- City:
- Lamar, CO
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Federal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Public Works Funding, Treasury Department, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Designer:
- Walter DeMordaunt
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The historic and distinctive post office in Lamar, Colorado was constructed as a New Deal project, with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds.
HistoryColorado.org: “Built in 1936, it is the only remaining post office of its type in Colorado. The building is an especially pleasing example illustrating the Spanish Colonial/Mediterranean influence on Neo-Classicism.”
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Source notes
https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/lamar-post-office (accessed Jul. 2023)
www.historycolorado.org/ (accessed 2013)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 14, 2023.
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