U.S. Post Office & St. Claire County Courthouse - East St. Louis, Illinois

The United States Post Office and Courthouse is located in downtown East St. Louis, Illinois, on Missouri Avenue, a few blocks from the main commercial area. It is a four story classically-styled building constructed of brick, stone, steel, and clay tile that exhibits the influence of the Beaux-Arts style. It is comprised of two main portions—the main volume as delineated by the central five bays of the north façade, which was completed in 1909, and the flanking wings added in 1918. A two story projecting three bay pavilion with Ionic paired columns creates a three bay arcade at the piano nobile. Above the pavilion, its pediment is flanked by a prominent cornice and balustraded parapet. These details establish the formality & classical references of the federal building. Original architectural drawings, dating to 1907, were produced by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Supervising Architect and approved by James Knox Taylor. Drawings for the addition completed in 1918 were produced also by the Office of Supervising Architect and approved by James A. Wetmore. On August 8, 2014, the United States Post Office and Courthouse in East St. Louis was deemed eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The building meets criterion C as a distinctive example of the Beaux-Arts style of architecture. It still stands today as the most important example of the early twentieth-century civic architecture of East St. Louis and evokes the period during which East St. Louis rose to prominence as the city in southern Illinois with a federal presence and a strong base of industry & commerce. The United States Post Office and Courthouse is also the only remaining building in the downtown area that demonstrates how the monumentality & formality of the classical revival movement characterized civic architecture during the first decades of the twentieth century.

All the information above was located on the original documents submitted to the NRHP for listing consideration that can be found here: npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/235bd7bd-4e51-4de9-a2b...

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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Taken in: United States / Illinois / East Saint Louis (show map)

Taken on: September 3, 2022

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/5.0, 1/1613 sec, 18mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1613)
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	250
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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