United States Post Office and Courthouse–Globe Main

The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse-Globe Main, in Globe, Arizona, was built in 1926. Also known as Globe Post Office and Courthouse and as Globe Main Post Office, the building served historically as a courthouse of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, and as a post office and reflects Beaux Arts architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

US Post Office and Courthouse--Globe Main
LocationHill and Sycamore Sts., Globe, Arizona
Coordinates33°23′13″N 110°47′6″W
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1926
Built byWeise, J.H.
ArchitectOffice of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
MPSGlobe Commercial and Civic MRA (AD)
NRHP reference No.85003106[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 03, 1985

Its NRHP nomination asserts that it "is a particularly well executed example of federal design in the Neo-Classical style." Its construction was a local victory, an event "that symbolized the culmination of many years of effort in lobbying the federal government in order to secure their first and only federal building."[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Paul R. Secord and H. Jim Kolva (August 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Globe Post Office and Courthouse / Globe Main Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved December 1, 2016. with four photos from 1985
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