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The William M. Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse is a historic government building built in
Tyler, Texas Tyler is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the largest city and county seat of Smith County, Texas, Smith County. It is also the largest city in Northeast Texas. With a 2020 census population of 105,995, Tyler was the List of cities in Texa ...
. It was built during 1933–1934 in a restrained
Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...
style. It served historically as a courthouse, post office, and a government office building. The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2001 as the Tyler US Post Office and Courthouse. It was designed by local architect
Shirley Simons Thomas Shirley Simons, Sr. (March 12, 1897 – August 1, 1963), commonly known as Shirley Simons was a prominent architect of Tyler, Texas. He was born in 1897 at Taylor, Texas, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. He graduated from Rice Insti ...
with supervision by the
Office of the Supervising Architect The Office of the Supervising Architect was an agency of the United States Treasury Department that designed federal government buildings from 1852 to 1939. The office handled some of the most important architectural commissions of the nineteenth ...
under
James A. Wetmore James Alfonso Wetmore (November 1863 – March 14, 1940) was an American lawyer and administrator, best known as the Acting Supervising Architect of the U.S. Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department from 1915 through 1933 ...
. Its materials include a dark gray mottled granite on the ground floor, light buff limestone cladding the first floor, salmon-colored brick on the second and third floors.
Acroterions An acroterion, acroterium, or akroteria is an architectural ornament placed on a flat pedestal called the ''acroter'' or plinth, and mounted at the apex or corner of the pediment of a building in the classical style. An acroterion placed at th ...
appear at each corner of a
parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). Whe ...
. (accessible by searching withi
National Archives Catalog


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Smith County, Texas This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Smith County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Smith County, Texas. There are ...


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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Neoclassical architecture in Texas Government buildings completed in 1934 Buildings and structures in Tyler, Texas Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Courthouses in Texas National Register of Historic Places in Smith County, Texas 1934 establishments in Texas {{Texas-NRHP-stub