- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1938
- Designer:
- Louis A Simon - Supervising Architect
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
A 1936 newspaper article described the planned construction:
“The warehouse is to be of substantial construction to support the heavy machinery and supplies used by the G.P.O., but has been designed with a view to harmonizing with the general architecture in the neighborhood, which includes the City Post Office and the Union Station… A tunnel and a bridge are included in the job. The tunnel will be dug under North Capitol Street to connect the new warehouse with the G.P.O. The bridge will be built over First street northeast to carry the railroad spur from the railroad yards above First street into the new warehouse siding” (Evening Star, 9-6-1936).
Source notes
Picturing the Big Shop: Photos of the U.S. Government Publishing Office, U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2017, pp. 9, 28, and 128 (accessed December 12, 2019).
“Contract Awarded,” Evening Star (Washington, DC), October 3, 1936, p. A-11.
“New G.P.O. Warehouse,” Evening Star (Washington, DC), April 9, 1936, p. A-8.
“G.P.O. Bids Are Opened,” Evening Star (Washington, DC), September 6, 1936, p. A-6.
“GPO Is Now The Government Publishing Office,” News Release, U.S. Government Publishing Office, December 17, 2014 (accessed December 12, 2019).
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee and Maureen Budetti on January 2, 2020.
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