{"nrhp_refnum":"85000133","name":"US Post Office-Napa Franklin Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1352 2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Napa","county":"Napa County","state":"CA","lat":38.29869542300003,"lon":-122.28850365699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A red brick Art Deco-style post office at 1351 2nd Street in Napa, Napa County, California, completed in 1933 and designed by William H. Corlett of Reed and Corlett Associated Architects.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare example of Art Deco in Napa and one of a few California post offices with such overt Art Deco elements. It represents the New Deal building programs and the transition toward Starved Classicism in federal design. It is also highly intact, with an elaborately decorated lobby and distinctive terracotta ornament, and is an example of William Corlett's work.","narrative":"Built in 1933 on Second Street in Napa, this post office is a red brick building with a symmetrical front, a projecting center section and two stepped-back end wings. Six bays are separated by seven brick piers topped with terracotta capitals, and a cornice of terracotta rams' and cows' heads alternating with oval shields crowns the facade. Art Deco eagles sit above the lobby doors. Inside, the twenty-foot lobby has a gilt, raised plaster ceiling, a terrazzo floor divided by marble strips, original cast bronze drop lights and brass post office boxes. William H. Corlett, a Napa architect who also served on the city council and county school board, designed it. It was listed as a rare local example of Art Deco and as a New Deal-era federal building that shows how Art Deco ideas shaped the Starved Classicism of later federal design. Changes have been minor, and the floor plan is largely unchanged.","period_of_significance":"1900- (construction begun and completed 1933)","architect_builder":"William H. Corlett, Reed and Corlett Associated Architects","architectural_style":"Art Deco, with Starved Classicism influence","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition, with careful maintenance; the basement workroom was converted to office space leased to federal agencies in 1965.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.311393-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/85000133.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000133/9615c5c4fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000133/9615c5c4fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Napa_Franklin_Station,_1352_2nd_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_3-10-39_PM.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:US_Post_Office-Napa_Franklin_Station,_1352_2nd_St.,_Napa,_CA_9-5-2010_3-10-39_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857700","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Napa,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18157276"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/napa-county/us-post-office-napa-franklin-station-85000133/"}