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Show 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) U.S. Post Office 7. Description Architectural Classification (enter categories from Instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) U.S. Post Office -;<: Classical Revival____:___________ Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation Concrete________ wa||s ____stucco__________ ro0f _____Tar Composition other Describe present and historic physical appearance. The Eureka Post Office is a one-story stucco building on a raised basement. Divided into five flat-arched bays a centered entry bay flanked on each side by two window bays the front facade is flat-and lacks any significant ornamentation. Though the building lacks an identifiable style, its symmetry, proportion and slightly projecting wooden entry architrave suggest its Classical roots. The basement is reinforced concrete and the main floor consists of terra-cotta block faced with stucco; the main entry stairs and retaining wall are concrete. Terra-cotta, agriculturaltile panels aligned over the bays and Spanish-tile coping lend a faint Spanish Colonial flavor to the building. The roof is flat, built-up tar composition. The front facade (north) is simple in design with two window bays on either side of a centered entry bay, and is devoid of significant ornamentation. The bays are flatarched and, except for the entry bay, are unframed. Set back and sited on an embankment which rises from the street, the building appears to dominate its adjacent neighbors. The main entry stairs accentuate this appearance. They intersect the sidewalk on either side of a flat concrete retaining wall, then rise laterally to an intermediate landing, and then, in a single straight run, rise to the entry landing. The main entry consists of double wood-framed glass panel doors (ten lights each) which are set in a shallow alcove. Plat wooden pilasters with recessed panel molding support a simple entablature (also of wood) to form an architrave which frames the entry. Detailing includes the following: a triglyph pattern beneath the flat molded capitals; a molded shield centered over the entry; dentils along the base of the projecting cornice; and recessed wood panels framing the sides and ceiling of the entry alcove. Affixed to the wall on each side of the entry bay is a single wrought-iron lantern. »e continuation sheet |
