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US Post Office--Hollywood Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Post Office Hollywood
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Location	1615 N. Wilcox Ave., Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°6′0″N 118°19′50″W / 34.10000°N 118.33056°W / 34.10000; -118.33056
Built	1937
Architect	Claud Beelman
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	US Post Office in California 1900-1941 TR
NRHP reference No.	85000130
Added to NRHP	January 11, 1985

The United States Post Office in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, also known as Hollywood Station, is an active U.S. post office located at 1615 Wilcox, between Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Design

In 1937, renowned Art Deco architect Claud Beelman, a partner at Curlett + Beelman, was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to design the Hollywood Post Office Building. He worked with the Los Angeles architectural firm Allison & Allison. Beelman also designed the Los Angeles County Fair Gallery, also commissioned by the WPA in 1937, now known as the Millard Sheets Center for the Arts at Fairplex.

A wooden bas-relief for interior lobby, titled The Horseman, was carved by artist Gordon Newell as a Treasury Relief Art Project commission. It is still in the building, located over a doorway.

Using a steam shovel, the ground breaking was done by Will H. Hays of the Motion Picture Production Code. The post office is one of the few historic government buildings remaining relatively unchanged in Hollywood.

See also

• List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood
• List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
• List of United States post offices
• List of New Deal sculpture

References

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2. United States Post Office — Hollywood Station

External links

• Official website

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