{"nrhp_refnum":"01000435","name":"Marshall US Post Office","other_names":["Marshall Federal Building","Marshall US Courthouse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 E. Houston St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marshall","county":"Harrison County","state":"TX","lat":32.54422714200007,"lon":-94.36762085199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-04-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick Classical Revival federal building with a basement, at 100 East Houston Street on the courthouse square in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas. Built in 1914-1915 as the U.S. Post Office, it now serves as a federal courthouse and offices.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion A for its association with the federal government in Marshall and under Criterion C as an excellent example of early twentieth-century federal Classical Revival architecture. It provided a federal presence and postal services through 1950 and is one of the few remaining historic buildings on the downtown courthouse square.","narrative":"Facing the courthouse square in downtown Marshall, this brick federal building was constructed in 1914-1915 to serve as the town's U.S. Post Office. The Treasury Department's Office of the Supervising Architect, led by Oscar Wenderoth, produced the Classical Revival design, and contractor George A. Shaul of Seneca, Kansas, built it despite delays from weather and limestone shortages. Features include limestone trim, a dentiled cornice, and a recessed entrance with four Ionic columns. A rear addition in the 1930s lengthened the side elevations without changing the building's character. Growing postal receipts and the town's prosperity after the railroad arrived had created the need for a new post office. When postal operations moved to a new suburban facility in 1962, the building was remodeled as a federal courthouse, which opened in 1964. Interior changes were substantial, but the exterior remains much as built. It is recognized for its ties to the federal government in Marshall and as a fine example of federal Classical Revival design.","period_of_significance":"1914-1950","architect_builder":"Oscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect, U.S. Treasury Dept.; George A. Shaul, Seneca, Kansas, Contractor","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revival: Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Post office function ended in 1962; the building was converted to a federal courthouse and offices, with the exterior largely intact and the interior heavily altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.013799-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/9725/40972521/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/01000435.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000435/44129c7882-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000435/44129c7882-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marshall_October_2016_31_(United_States_Courthouse).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Barera</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marshall_October_2016_31_(United_States_Courthouse).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972521","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_B._Hall_Jr._Federal_Building_and_United_States_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6773816"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harrison-county/marshall-us-post-office-01000435/"}