U.S. Post Office and Courthouse Extension – Great Falls MT

City:
Great Falls, MT

Site Type:
Federal Facilities, Post Offices, Federal Courthouses

New Deal Agencies:
Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department

Completed:
1938

Description

The Great Falls Post Office and Courthouse was built in 1912. It was designed by James Knox Taylor and reflects Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals architecture and Second Renaissance Revival architecture. A New Deal extension was completed in 1938 with James Knox Taylor as the supervising architect.

The building has historically served — and still does — as a courthouse and as a post office. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Source notes

https://www.fjc.gov/history/courthouses.nsf/getcourthouse?OpenAgent&chid=FE32135C683083FE8525718B00685ADA https://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64000442.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_and_Courthouse%E2%80%93Great_Falls

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 4, 2013.

Location Info


215 1st Ave. N
Great Falls, MT 59401

Coordinates: 47.50669, -111.30353

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