San Antonio U.S. Post Office and Courthouse - Alamo Plaza
by Melinda Ledsome
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San Antonio U.S. Post Office and Courthouse - Alamo Plaza
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Melinda Ledsome
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Photograph - Fine Art Photography
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The iconic Hipolito F. Garcia Post Office and Federal building was constructed from 1935 to 1936 with the support of the Federal Public Works Administration. The facility, which encompasses an entire city block in Alamo Plaza, was designed by Texas architect Ralph Haywood Cameron in conjunction with nationally renowned Beaux Arts practitioner Paul Phillipe Cret in the Beaux Arts Classic Style and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as San Antonio U.S. Post Office and Courthouse.
The building has served as an historic courthouse, federal office, and post office building and is located in a prominent location on Alamo Plaza, across from the Alamo in beautiful downtown San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. It is the courthouse for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas.
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January 22nd, 2014
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