{"nrhp_refnum":"85000134","name":"US Post Office Station-Spurgeon Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"605 Bush St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Ana","county":"Orange County","state":"CA","lat":33.75131814400004,"lon":-117.86636570599995,"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 federally owned post office building (Spurgeon Station) at 605 Bush Street in downtown Santa Ana, Orange County, California, designed in 1930 and completed in 1933.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good example of early 1930s designs by the Supervising Architect's office and a late, idiosyncratic Spanish Colonial Revival monumental post office. It is also one of few buildings from the Keyes-Elliot Act era in California to survive in near-original form. It forms an important part of the old downtown urban fabric.","narrative":"Spurgeon Station is a post office at 605 Bush Street in downtown Santa Ana, designed in 1930 and completed in 1933 by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore and Louis A. Simon. Its classical, symmetrical form carries Spanish Colonial Revival ornament, including a central arched entrance, four arched lobby windows, wrought iron grills, terracotta quoins and frieze, and a cast terracotta eagle. The poured concrete building has a tile roof, pink limestone wainscoting, terracotta tile floors, original lobby furniture and fixtures, and eight semicircular murals in the vaulted lobby ceiling. It is considered significant as an example of early 1930s federal post office design built under the Keyes-Elliot Act, a type few California survivors retain in original form. Its size falls between a small post office and a large combined federal building, and it did not follow a standard plan. Alterations, including a 1969 access ramp and north entrance, are minor, and the building remains an important element of old downtown Santa Ana.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"OSA/James A. Wetmore, Louis A. Simon","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival (applied to a classical, symmetrical Beaux-Arts composition; Starved Classicism with Mediterranean Revivalism)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in use; excellent structural condition and very well maintained, with interior restoration scheduled.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.116234-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/85000134.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000134/250ab34f15-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000134/250ab34f15-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Winddaddy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office,_Spurgeon_Station_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Winddaddy</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,_Spurgeon_Station_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857708","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133343034"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/orange-county/us-post-office-station-spurgeon-station-85000134/"}