{"nrhp_refnum":"81000144","name":"U.S. Post Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2000 Milvia St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkeley","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.86868412900003,"lon":-122.27014954599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-01-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A federally built post office at 2000 Milvia Street in Berkeley, California, completed in 1915 to designs from the Treasury Department's Supervising Architect's Office, with a rear annex added in 1931-32.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as a well-preserved example of early twentieth-century Treasury Department public architecture, with a lobby that retains its marble, metal and woodwork. It also marks Berkeley's growth and civic maturity in the 1910s. The lobby holds a 1936-37 mural by Suzanne Scheuer and a 1937 relief sculpture by David Slivka, both from New Deal art programs.","narrative":"Berkeley's main post office, at 2000 Milvia Street, is a two-story reinforced concrete building with a hipped red tile roof and an eleven-arch arcade along Allston Way. Authorized by Congress in 1910 and opened in 1915, it was produced by the Treasury Department's Supervising Architect's Office, and the individual architect is unknown. Limestone, granite, terra cotta and stucco clad the exterior, and a one-story rear section was added in 1931-32. Inside, the lobby keeps its marble wainscot, carved wood, brass-fitted service windows and glassed vestibules, details that followed standard post office practice. In 1936-37 the Treasury Relief Art Project added a fresco by Suzanne Scheuer showing Berkeley's early history and a relief sculpture by David Slivka honoring postal workers. The building is valued as a well-kept example of federal design of its era, as a symbol of Berkeley's growth in the 1910s, and as a public space still used by residents.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Oscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect; general contractor Van Sant-Houghton Co.","architectural_style":"Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as the Berkeley main post office; condition listed as excellent, with some alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.126345-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/81000144.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000144/9adce05e54-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000144/9adce05e54-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Almonroth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berkeley_-_US_Post_Office-19.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Almonroth</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berkeley_-_US_Post_Office-19.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858363","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Berkeley,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16902347"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/u-s-post-office-81000144/"}