{"nrhp_refnum":"80000835","name":"U.S. Post Office, Courthouse and Federal Building","other_names":["Federal Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"801 I St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sacramento","county":"Sacramento County","state":"CA","lat":38.58243500200007,"lon":-121.49462709,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A federal building at 801 I Street in Sacramento, California, designed in 1931 by the Sacramento firm Starks and Flanders. It opened in November 1933 and was enlarged with two wings finished in March 1938.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a good example of classically influenced French Renaissance design, of which the West has few major examples. It housed nearly all federal agencies in the area and gave Sacramento a centralized federal presence near the state capitol. It also made Sacramento the major domestic mail-handling center in northern California.","narrative":"Occupying a half-block at 801 I Street in Sacramento, this federal building combined a post office, courtrooms and government offices under one roof. Designed in 1931 by the local firm Starks and Flanders, it began construction in April 1932 and opened to the public on November 6, 1933. The E-shaped structure has four main stories, granite at the base, terra cotta upper floors, a hipped clay tile roof and a colonnade of fourteen fluted Doric columns facing I Street. Two wings finished in 1938 relieved overcrowding and balanced the side elevations. The building is described as a good example of classically influenced French Renaissance style, with few comparable examples in the West. It made Sacramento northern California's major domestic mail-handling center and housed nearly all federal agencies in the area. A 1961 remodeling removed much of the upper-floor interior, though the first-floor corridor with its coffered ceiling and brass fixtures survives, and the exterior remains intact.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Starks and Flanders","architectural_style":"Classically influenced French Renaissance","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked occupied and in good condition. A 1961 remodeling converted the courtrooms and half the first floor into offices, destroying most significant features of the upper floors; the exterior retains its massive qualities.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.279221-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/80000835.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000835/acf6ad7133-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000835/acf6ad7133-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"own work","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacramento_Downtown_Post_Office_and_Federal_Building_9th_and_I_Streets.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">own work</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacramento_Downtown_Post_Office_and_Federal_Building_9th_and_I_Streets.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860680","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Building_(Sacramento)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5440040"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sacramento-county/u-s-post-office-courthouse-and-federal-building-80000835/"}