{"nrhp_refnum":"82001471","name":"U.S. Post Office","other_names":["Lorain Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Ninth St. and Broadway Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lorain","county":"Lorain County","state":"OH","lat":41.463512293000065,"lon":-82.17269027299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Neo-Classical stone post office building at the northeast corner of Ninth Street and Broadway Avenue in Lorain, Ohio, built in 1913 under Treasury Supervising Architect Oscar Wenderoth.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant architecturally and historically as an example of post office construction in the 1900-1915 period, when most were individually designed and built of fine materials. Its design drew on Beaux-Arts and Neo-Classical traditions to give small cities a monumental federal presence. The state preservation officer noted it is in excellent repair and retains integrity, including the lockbox lobby.","narrative":"Lorain's post office, at Ninth Street and Broadway Avenue, is a Neo-Classical government building completed in 1913 under Treasury Supervising Architect Oscar Wenderoth. Its walls are Amherst sandstone, set on a North Carolina granite foundation and steps. The 100-foot front facade has five bays, with the center three divided by paired two-story Doric columns beneath a decorated stone entablature, Palladian arches holding the windows and entrance, and a stone balustrade along the roofline. Inside, the lockbox lobby has a groin-vaulted ceiling, marble pilasters and well-preserved wood paneling, though suspended fluorescent lights detract somewhat. A loading dock added at the rear in 1956 is the only major alteration. The building is recognized as an example of the post offices built between 1900 and 1915, when most were individually designed with the finest materials, before standardization and cost-saving took hold. Such buildings were meant to bring federal ideals and refined architecture to smaller communities.","period_of_significance":"1913-1914","architect_builder":"Oscar Wenderoth","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, on its original site; the only major alteration is a 1956 loading dock on the east side.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.418047-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001471.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001471/dfe9d384d9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001471/dfe9d384d9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"N8hawk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lorain_post_office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">N8hawk</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:Lorain_post_office.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100007496","name":"Broadway Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/broadway-historic-district-100007496/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989783","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138508674"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lorain-county/u-s-post-office-82001471/"}