Built 1857 Opened 1857 Architectural style Renaissance architecture Architect Ammi B. Young | NRHP Reference # 71001006 Area 1,200 m² Added to NRHP 10 September 1971 | |
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Location 1221 31st St., NW., Washington, District of Columbia Similar United States Post Office an, Old Post Office, US Customhouse and Post, United States Post Office - Co, US Post Office and Customs | ||
The Customhouse and Post Office in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., was built in 1857 in a Renaissance Revival-Italian Palace style. It served historically as a customhouse and as a post office. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It was already included as a contributing building within the Georgetown Historic District.
It was designed during 1856-57 by architect Ammi B. Young (1798-1874), who was Supervising Architect of the United States.
The main block of the building is 61 feet (19 m) by 46 feet (14 m); it has additions to the north and to the east. It has a low seamed-metal roof.
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