The Terre Haute Post Office and Federal Building is a historic structure in Terre Haute, Indiana.
The first
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional ser ...
and federal building at this site opened in 1887. When this building was demolished in 1933, work began on the current structure. (The columns and
pediment
Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape.
Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds.
A pedim ...
from the first post office now make up part of the Chauncey Rose Memorial in Terre Haute's Fairbanks Park.) The current building was funded as Public Work Project under the presidency of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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.
The three-story Art Deco-style post office was built 1934 to the designs of Terre Haute-based architects
Social Security Administration
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, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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, the Internal Revenue Service and the federal court. The federal courtroom features a mural by Frederick Webb Ross titled "The Signing of the Magna Carta." ''Note:'' This includes and
The building was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1984.
In 2007, the GSA turned over the facility to Indiana State; following a $30-million dollar, multi-year renovation; the building became the new home of the
Indiana State University
Indiana State University (ISU) is a public university in Terre Haute, Indiana. It was founded in 1865 and offers over 100 undergraduate majors and more than 75 graduate and professional programs. Indiana State is classified among "D/PU: Doctor ...
Scott College of Business. The first classes were held during the Fall 2012 semester.
See also
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List of United States post offices
Several United States post offices are individually notable and have operated under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or of the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Notable U.S. post offices include in ...