{"nrhp_refnum":"85000135","name":"US Post Office-Redlands Main","other_names":["Redlands Main Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 Brookside Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Redlands","county":"San Bernardino County","state":"CA","lat":34.05492295300007,"lon":-117.18561426599996,"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":"The Redlands Main Post Office is a federally owned post office building at 201 Brookside Avenue in Redlands, San Bernardino County, California. It was built between June 1932 and June 1935 to designs by architect G. Stanley Wilson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is locally significant as a rare surviving work of a locally prominent architect and as a major urban design element in Redlands. It is also described as having some state significance in the economic context of the early 1930s, and as an exceptionally well preserved, asymmetrical Mediterranean/Mission Revival post office with unusual features such as clerestory lobby lighting and elaborate wrought iron.","narrative":"Built between 1932 and 1935 at 201 Brookside Avenue, the Redlands Main Post Office was designed by architect G. Stanley Wilson. Unlike most post offices of its era, it is asymmetrical, relying on an irregular plan and varied massing for a picturesque effect. Its predominant character follows the local Mission Style, with an arcade carried on heavy piers, a tile roof, and an octagonal tile-covered dome topped by a concrete lantern that adds a Moorish note. Inside, the lobby has a terracotta tile floor, stained oak wainscoting, and wrought iron screens in a rinceau pattern filling the arches above the service windows. Dormer windows light the lobby, a rare feature among California post offices surveyed. The building is considered locally significant as a rare surviving work by Wilson and as a major design element in Redlands, with some state significance as an example of Mediterranean-style federal construction of the early 1930s. It remains well preserved and largely unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"G. Stanley Wilson, Architect","architectural_style":"Mission Style with Spanish Colonial Revival and Moorish elements (Mediterranean/Mission Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent structural condition and well maintained; only a handicapped access ramp has been added to the exterior, and the lobby has some new post office boxes. The status is marked occupied and in government use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.24403-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/85000135.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000135/1d16b02665-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000135/1d16b02665-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Phil Scoville from Provo, UT, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Post_Office,_Redlands,_California.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Phil Scoville from Provo, UT, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Post_Office,_Redlands,_California.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857749","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Redlands,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19878362"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-bernardino-county/us-post-office-redlands-main-85000135/"}