{"nrhp_refnum":"85000131","name":"US Post Office-Los Angeles Terminal Annex","other_names":["Los Angeles Terminal Annex Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"900 Alameda St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.05994405200005,"lon":-118.23628287699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large federal post office at 900 N. Alameda Street in Los Angeles, California, designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood. Construction began in 1937 and was completed in 1938.","why_significant":"The nomination argues for exceptional significance in architecture, urban design and art. It is an unusual Spanish Colonial Revival design in an era when federal buildings were mostly Starved Classical, and it anchors the historic Pueblo and Union Station area. Its lobby murals by Boris Deutsch are notable for their size and unusual subject matter.","narrative":"Terminal Annex is a large post office building at 900 N. Alameda Street in Los Angeles, begun in 1937 and completed in 1938 to designs by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood. It combines Mission and Spanish Colonial Revival styles with Pueblo and Islamic touches, including two domes covered in blue and tan glazed tile, large canales below the cornice, and buttressed, deeply incised walls. The nomination calls the design a kind of Starved Spanish version of the Starved Classical style then common in federal work. Inside, twelve lobby murals by Boris Deutsch, painted between 1941 and 1943 and in 1944, depict Meso-American cultures, Spanish colonization, science, telecommunications and the military. The building also marks a shift between older, decentralized mail handling and later centralized systems. Together with Union Station and El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park, it shapes the character of this historic part of the city. A 1960s addition and later lobby changes are noted.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Gilbert Stanley Underwood","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival, mixed with Mission, Pueblo and Islamic elements","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent structural condition, well maintained and occupied; a 1960s addition and interior alterations are noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.548905-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/85000131.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000131/6dba435866-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000131/6dba435866-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_-_Los_Angeles_Terminal_Annex.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</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:U.S._Post_Office_-_Los_Angeles_Terminal_Annex.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857623","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Post_Office-Los_Angeles_Terminal_Annex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2466390"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/us-post-office-los-angeles-terminal-annex-85000131/"}