- City:
- San Diego, CA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Contractors:
- Louis A. Simon - Supervising Architect, Neal A. Melick - Supervising Engineer, W. Englebert Reynolds - Assistant Director for Public Buildings, William Templeton Johnson - Architect
Description
The old Main Post Office for San Diego, now the Downtown Station post office, was constructed with Treasury Department funds and houses Archibald Garner’s 1937 sculpture, “Transportation of the Mail,” produced under the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
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