{"nrhp_refnum":"85000855","name":"US Post Office","other_names":["Fort Worth Main Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lancaster and Jennings Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.74618626100005,"lon":-97.32933894399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, cut-limestone main post office on the southeast corner of Lancaster and Jennings Avenues in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Built 1931-1933 to designs by Wyatt C. Hedrick, it fills an entire city block beside the Texas and Pacific railroad tracks.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is arguably the most substantial Beaux Arts/Classical Revival structure in Fort Worth and a good example of the large Neo-Classical federal buildings of the 1930s. Its classical details were adapted to local interests, including column capitals with cattle heads. It was designed by a prominent local architect rather than from standard Treasury Department plans, and it has the longest continuous association with mail delivery in the county.","narrative":"Fort Worth's main post office occupies a full city block at Lancaster and Jennings Avenues, beside the Texas and Pacific railroad station and tracks. Construction began in August 1931 and the building opened on February 22, 1933. Its reinforced concrete frame is clad in cut limestone, and the north facade is dominated by sixteen giant unfluted columns. Their capitals replace the usual volutes with shorthorn cattle heads and a longhorn bucranium, a local twist on classical design. Inside, a 22-foot-wide lobby is lined with Tennessee, Vermont and Texas marble and finished with bronze grillwork and decorative plaster ceilings. Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick, who also designed the neighboring railroad terminal, was chosen at a time when most Texas post offices followed standard Treasury Department plans. The building is considered arguably the most substantial Beaux Arts/Classical Revival structure in Fort Worth, and it has changed little since it opened.","period_of_significance":"1931-1933","architect_builder":"Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick; built by Ralph Sollitt and Sons, a Chicago contracting firm","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts/Classical Revival (Neo-Classical)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as the main post office; condition excellent, with no major changes and integrity intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.231124-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/9733/40973397/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/85000855.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000855/2e8a440604-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000855/2e8a440604-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PostOffice1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:PostOffice1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973397","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Fort_Worth,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16902354"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/us-post-office-85000855/"}