United States Post Office (San Pedro, Los Angeles)

The U.S. Post Office in San Pedro, California, is a historic Streamline Moderne post office built in 1936. Designed by supervising architect Louis A. Simon with architects Gordon Kaufmann and W. Horace Austin, the San Pedro Post Office was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The building also formerly served as a U.S. Customs Office. The building's use of marble, bronze and milk glass are typical of 1930s architecture for U.S. government buildings. The floor tile is laid in a basketweave pattern surrounded by black marble, giving the effect of rugs on a marble floor. Some of the original bronze lamps and ink wells are still intact at the public writing desks. The Section of Painting and Sculpture commissioned Fletcher Martin to create the post office mural, titled Mail Transportation (1938).[2][3]

US Post Office--San Pedro Main
San Pedro Post Office, 2008
United States Post Office (San Pedro, Los Angeles) is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
United States Post Office (San Pedro, Los Angeles)
United States Post Office (San Pedro, Los Angeles) is located in California
United States Post Office (San Pedro, Los Angeles)
United States Post Office (San Pedro, Los Angeles) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (San Pedro, Los Angeles)
Location839 S. Beacon St., San Pedro, California
Coordinates33°44′11″N 118°16′51″W / 33.73639°N 118.28083°W / 33.73639; -118.28083
Built1936
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.
Architectural styleWPA Moderne; Classized Art Deco
MPSUS Post Office in California 1900-1941 TR
NRHP reference No.85000132 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 1985

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Federal Building and Post Office – San Pedro CA". The Living New Deal. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Competition No. 1". Bulletin. No. 10. Washington, D.C.: Section of Painting and Sculpture. June–August 1936. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
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