%1 http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/ en Byron White US Courthouse http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/byron-white-us-courthouse <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Byron White US Courthouse</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/users/yongli" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">yongli</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2022-02-15T14:23:22-07:00" title="Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - 14:23" class="datetime">Tue, 02/15/2022 - 14:23</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'addtoany_standard' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * addtoany-standard--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * addtoany-standard--node.html.twig x addtoany-standard.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/byron-white-us-courthouse" data-a2a-title="Byron White US Courthouse"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoloradoencyclopedia.org%2Farticle%2Fbyron-white-us-courthouse&amp;title=Byron%20White%20US%20Courthouse"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" id="id-body"><p>Opened in 1916 as the main <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/denver">Denver</a> Post Office and Federal Building, this four-story Greek temple (1823 Stout Street) is Colorado’s finest Neoclassical Revival structure. It represented the growing role of the federal government in a city that now has one of the largest concentrations of federal workers outside of Washington, DC. The building also introduced Denver to exemplary Neoclassicism on a grand scale, inspiring many other such designs.</p> <p>After the post office moved to 921 Twentieth Street in 1991, this building underwent a $28 million exterior restoration and interior renovation. Reborn as the Byron White US Courthouse, home of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, it honors a <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/fort-collins">Fort Collins</a> native and <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/byron-white">the first Coloradan appointed to the US Supreme Court</a>, where he served from 1962 to 1993. Because of its civic as well as architectural distinction, this building earned designation in 1973 as a National Register landmark and is also a part of the Downtown Denver Historic District.</p> <h2>Earlier Post Offices</h2> <p>Post offices, the only arm of the federal government to reach Americans every day, were once architecturally grand and inviting. Denver, however, had various unmemorable post offices after its 1859 beginnings. The Denver post office did not graduate to a large, imposing home of its own until a three-story federal building opened in 1892 at the southwest corner of <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/sixteenth-street-denver">Sixteenth</a> and Arapahoe Streets. This unremarkable gray sandstone structure cost $570,500.82 and stood in stark contrast next to the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/tabor-grand-opera-house">Tabor Grand Opera House</a>, Denver’s finest piece of architecture.</p> <p>As is true of many post offices, the 1892 building also housed other federal government facilities. Its thirty-two rooms included space for federal courts, the customs office, the land office, and the weather bureau. Jerome Smiley, in his definitive <em>History of the City of Denver</em> (1901), declared it “one of the conspicuously inconvenient, ill-arranged, cramped, dark, and inadequate public structures evolved by ‘bureau architecture,’ and . . . wholly unfitted for present requirements.”</p> <h2>1916 Post Office</h2> <p>The 1916 post office was a different story. This $2.5 million edifice took six years to build and was designed by Tracy, Swartwout and Litchfield of New York City with Denver architect Maurice Biscoe, the team that also designed Denver’s <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/st-john%E2%80%99s-episcopal-cathedral">St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral</a>. The building’s Neoclassical style was favored by the federal government as befitting a vigorous young Republic aspiring to be the Rome of the Rockies, the Athens of the West. Of many Neoclassical elements, the most imposing is the Stout Street main entry featuring a three-story portico of sixteen ionic columns topped by eagles. The other three sides of the full-block structure on Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Champa Streets echo the Neoclassicism with engaged columns embedded in the walls.</p> <p>The building is one of the finest examples of <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/marble-mill-site">Colorado Yule Marble</a>, which is used throughout the exterior. Denver sculptor Gladys Caldwell Fisher later carved the two limestone <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/bighorn-sheep">bighorn sheep</a> guarding the Eighteenth Street entrance, which were a Works Progress Administration project in 1936. Inside, the grand limestone lobby and courts are illuminated by round-arch windows. The vaulted lobby walls are inscribed with the names of postmasters general and some Pony Express riders. Denver artist Herman T. Schalermundt painted the two lobby murals “Agriculture” and “Mining.”</p> <p>Like its predecessor, this post office also served as a federal building. The post office occupied the basement and first floor, while the second through fourth floors came to house federal courts and ever-expanding federal agencies—including the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Justice, Labor, and Treasury—as well as the Customs Office, Food and Drug Administration, Geological Survey, Land Office, Reclamation Service, and Surveyor General.&nbsp; Such overcrowding led in 1931 to the construction of a large new Customs House and Federal Building catercorner from the post office, which was also a neoclassical revival structure clad in Colorado Yule marble. Since then, other federal buildings and an entire Federal Center were created to accommodate the state’s largest employer.</p> <h2>Courthouse Reborn</h2> <p>During the 1950s and 1960s, the post office drastically reworked the building. It sliced up the grand lobby, which once extended the entire length of the building; carved up courtrooms into smaller, functional office space; and built a cinderblock addition. But that was not enough to make the grand building suit the needs of the modern US Postal Service, which moved in the 1980s to a new, warehouse-like building a few blocks north. The General Services Administration (GSA) then bought the old post office to turn it into a US Court of Appeals.</p> <p>Between 1992 and 1994, the GSA and Denver architect Michael Barber undid decades of alterations to thoroughly restore the interior. The lobby returned to its former grandeur, including historic writing tables used by post office patrons. A new courtroom was built in the former mail-sorting area on the first floor, while historic courtrooms were re-created on the second floor and the former law library was turned into an oak-paneled courtroom. In 1994 the renovated building was named for Byron White, the first Coloradan to serve on the US Supreme Court, from which he had recently retired after more than three decades of service. An exhibit of White’s personal memorabilia now occupies part of the first floor.</p> <p>Today the federal judicial system occupies the entire building, which is best known as the home of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. The building’s first-floor historical displays are open to the public during business hours, and the courtrooms can be visited during scheduled tours.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-author"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-author">Author</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-author"><a href="/author/noel-thomas-j" hreflang="und">Noel, Thomas J.</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-keyword--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-keyword.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-keyword.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-keyword field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-keyword"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-keyword">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/post-offices" hreflang="en">post offices</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/courthouses" hreflang="en">courthouses</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/byron-white" hreflang="en">Byron White</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/byron-white-courthouse" hreflang="en">byron white courthouse</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/denver-history" hreflang="en">denver history</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/civic-history-denver" hreflang="en">civic history denver</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/downtown-denver" hreflang="en">downtown denver</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links--inline.html.twig * links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-references-html--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-references-html.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-references-html.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-references-html field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-references-html"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-references-html">References</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-references-html"><p>Mary Voelz Chandler, <em>Guide to Denver Architecture</em>, 2nd ed. (Denver: Denver Architectural Foundation and Fulcrum Publishing, 2013).</p> <p>Susan A. Nieminen, “U.S. Post Office and Federal Building,” National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form (August 1972).</p> <p>Thomas J. Noel, <em>Buildings of Colorado</em> (New York: Oxford University Press and the Society of Architectural Historians, 1997).</p> <p>Jerome C. Smiley, <em>History of the City of Denver</em> (Denver: Denver Times-Sun, 1901).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-additional-information-htm--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-information-htm field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-additional-information-htm">Additional Information</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"><p>Stephen J. Leonard and Thomas J. Noel, <em>Denver: Mining Camp to Metropolis</em> (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1990).</p> <p><a href="http://www.10thcircuithistory.org/">Tenth Circuit Historical Society</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/">United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit</a>/</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> Tue, 15 Feb 2022 21:23:22 +0000 yongli 3668 at http://coloradoencyclopedia.org Lamar Post Office http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/lamar-post-office <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Lamar Post Office</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-article-image--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-article-image.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-article-image.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--field-article-image--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div id="carouselEncyclopediaArticle" class="carousel slide" data-bs-ride="true"> <div class="carousel-inner"> <div class="carousel-item active"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * node--2273--article-detail-image.html.twig * node--2273.html.twig x node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig * node--image.html.twig * node--article-detail-image.html.twig * node.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/content/node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-encyclopedia-image--image.html.twig * field--node--field-encyclopedia-image.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--field-encyclopedia-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-encyclopedia-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <a href="/image/lamar-post-office"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_style' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/Lamar%20Post%20Office%20Media%201_0.jpg?itok=OfmJ6DHM" width="1090" height="818" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-wide" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> </a> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block"> <h5><a href="/image/lamar-post-office" rel="bookmark"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--image.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Lamar Post Office</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> </a></h5> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--image.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--body.html.twig x field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Built in 1936 as a Public Works Administration project, the Lamar Post Office was designed by Walter DeMordaunt in the Spanish Colonial Revival style—unusual for a small-town post office in Colorado.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/content/node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig' --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--field-article-image--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/users/yongli" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">yongli</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2017-02-01T11:17:01-07:00" title="Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - 11:17" class="datetime">Wed, 02/01/2017 - 11:17</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'addtoany_standard' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * addtoany-standard--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * addtoany-standard--node.html.twig x addtoany-standard.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/lamar-post-office" data-a2a-title="Lamar Post Office"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoloradoencyclopedia.org%2Farticle%2Flamar-post-office&amp;title=Lamar%20Post%20Office"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" id="id-body"><p>The Lamar Post Office was built in 1936 as a Public Works Administration (PWA) project. Designed by <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/pueblo-0"><strong>Pueblo</strong></a> architect <strong>Walter DeMordaunt</strong>, the building is the only Spanish Colonial Revival post office built as part of the <a href="/article/new-deal-colorado"><strong>New Deal</strong></a> in Colorado. It is still in use and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p> <p>The PWA was a New Deal program designed to stimulate the economy by assisting local governments and agencies with the construction of large-scale public works. Unlike its cousin, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the PWA emphasized architect-designed projects rather than local labor and handcraftsmanship. In addition to dams, airports, bridges, and schools, the PWA also built more than 400 post offices between 1933 and 1939.</p> <p>The Lamar Post Office was one of only a few federal PWA projects completed in southeast Colorado. It was approved in November 1933 as part of a long list of emergency projects undertaken by the PWA. Soon a site was chosen at the corner of South Fifth and West Elm Streets, a block west of Lamar’s main business district, and three houses were removed to make way for the post office. Problems at the federal and state levels delayed the project, however, and it had to be approved again in June 1934. Even then, architect Walter DeMordaunt did not complete plans for the building until fall 1935. Once construction finally began in 1936, work proceeded quickly, and the post office opened that September.</p> <p>Most small-town post offices built in Colorado as part of the New Deal were simple, symmetrical buildings without much ornamentation. For the Lamar Post Office, however, DeMordaunt designed a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival building with an asymmetric two-story section at the southern end. It was made of hollow tile and brick covered with stucco and featured a red-tile roof along the front elevation. The building resembled many small post offices constructed in southern California around the same time but was unlike any other post office in Colorado.</p> <p>Aside from some small interior modifications in the 1960s, the building remains essentially unchanged.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-author"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-author">Author</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-author"><a href="/author/encyclopedia-staff" hreflang="und">Encyclopedia Staff</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-keyword--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-keyword.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-keyword.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-keyword field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-keyword"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-keyword">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/new-deal" hreflang="en">New Deal</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/lamar" hreflang="en">Lamar</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/post-offices" hreflang="en">post offices</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/public-works-administration" hreflang="en">Public Works Administration</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/walter-demordaunt" hreflang="en">Walter DeMordaunt</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links--inline.html.twig * links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-references-html--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-references-html.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-references-html.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-references-html field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-references-html"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-references-html">References</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-references-html"><p>Abigail D. Christman, <em>The Legacy of the New Deal on Colorado’s Eastern Plains</em> (Denver: Colorado Preservation, 2008).</p> <p>Paul R. Secord and H. James Kolva, “Lamar Post Office,” National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form (1984–85).</p> <p>Deon Wolfenbarger, “Lamar Post Office,” Colorado Cultural Resource Survey Architectural Inventory Form (2004–5).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-additional-information-htm--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-information-htm field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-additional-information-htm">Additional Information</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"><p>Ava Betz, <em>A Prowers County History</em> (Lamar, CO: Prowers County Historical Society, 1986).</p> <p>Colorado Preservation Inc., <em>Drought, Depression, and Dust: The New Deal in Eastern Colorado, Phase I Survey Report</em> (2005).</p> <p>James F. Wickens, <em>Colorado in the Great Depression</em> (New York: Garland, 1979).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:17:01 +0000 yongli 2274 at http://coloradoencyclopedia.org Florence Post Office http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/florence-post-office <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Florence Post Office</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-article-image--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-article-image.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-article-image.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--field-article-image--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div id="carouselEncyclopediaArticle" class="carousel slide" data-bs-ride="true"> <div class="carousel-inner"> <div class="carousel-item active"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * node--2258--article-detail-image.html.twig * node--2258.html.twig x node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig * node--image.html.twig * node--article-detail-image.html.twig * node.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/content/node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-encyclopedia-image--image.html.twig * field--node--field-encyclopedia-image.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--field-encyclopedia-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-encyclopedia-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <a href="/image/florence-post-office"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_style' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/Florence%20Post%20Office%20Media%201_0.jpg?itok=U_rZ5LlC" width="1090" height="534" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-wide" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> </a> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block"> <h5><a href="/image/florence-post-office" rel="bookmark"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--image.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Florence Post Office</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> </a></h5> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--image.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--body.html.twig x field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Built in 1936–37 as a Public Works Administration project, the Florence Post Office was the first federal building in town.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/content/node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig' --> </div> <div class="carousel-item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * node--2259--article-detail-image.html.twig * node--2259.html.twig x node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig * node--image.html.twig * node--article-detail-image.html.twig * node.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/content/node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-encyclopedia-image--image.html.twig * field--node--field-encyclopedia-image.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--field-encyclopedia-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> </a> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block"> <h5><a href="/image/florence-post-office-mural" rel="bookmark"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--image.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Florence Post Office Mural</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> </a></h5> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--image.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--body.html.twig x field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Santa Fe–based artist Olive Rush painted the mural "Antelope" for the Florence Post Office. It was installed in the post office lobby in 1939.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/content/node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <button class="carousel-control-prev" type="button" data-bs-target="#carouselEncyclopediaArticle" data-bs-slide="prev"> <span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="visually-hidden">Previous</span> </button> <button class="carousel-control-next" type="button" data-bs-target="#carouselEncyclopediaArticle" data-bs-slide="next"> <span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="visually-hidden">Next</span> </button> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--field-article-image--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/users/yongli" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">yongli</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2017-01-31T15:16:59-07:00" title="Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 15:16" class="datetime">Tue, 01/31/2017 - 15:16</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'addtoany_standard' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * addtoany-standard--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * addtoany-standard--node.html.twig x addtoany-standard.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/florence-post-office" data-a2a-title="Florence Post Office"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoloradoencyclopedia.org%2Farticle%2Fflorence-post-office&amp;title=Florence%20Post%20Office"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" id="id-body"><p>The Florence Post Office was built in 1936–37 as a Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The building has a simple Neoclassical design with some Art Deco details and a mural by Olive Rush in the lobby. In 1986 the post office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and it is still in use today.</p> <p>The PWA was a <a href="/article/new-deal-colorado"><strong>New Deal</strong></a> program designed to stimulate the economy by assisting local governments and agencies with the construction of large-scale public works. Unlike its cousin, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the PWA emphasized architect-designed projects rather than local labor and handcraftsmanship. In addition to dams, airports, bridges, and schools, the PWA also built more than 400 post offices between 1933 and 1939.</p> <p>In 1873 the city of <strong>Florence</strong> was named for the daughter of its first postmaster, James McCandless. The city grew over the next three decades but then stagnated after local ore reduction mills closed in the early twentieth century. Construction in the downtown commercial district ground to a halt.</p> <p>In August 1935, funds were appropriated for a new Florence Post Office as part of a larger list of emergency building projects. Within a few months a site for the post office was chosen at the corner of North Pikes Peak Avenue and West Second Street, on the boundary between Florence’s business district and its residential area. Construction started in 1936, and the community closely followed the building’s progress. Local stores closed for an hour so residents could attend the cornerstone ceremony on December 5, 1936, which featured a speech by Congressman John A. Martin of Pueblo.</p> <p>The post office opened to the public in August 1937. It was the first federal building in Florence and probably the only major building constructed in the city during the <strong>Great Depression</strong>. It was made mostly of hollow tile covered with tan brick, but used concrete for the foundation and front entrance. Designed in a style known as PWA Moderne, the one-story post office was also the only building in town that featured a modern, stripped-down Classicism paired with a few Art Deco zigs and zags (such as on the lintel above the main entrance).</p> <p>For the interior of the Florence Post Office, the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts program commissioned Santa Fe–based artist Olive Rush to paint a mural for the lobby. Murals were popular in the 1930s as a democratic art form that could bring complex subjects to the public, and New Deal initiatives such as the Section of Fine Arts program were established to put artists to work painting murals in federal buildings across the country. Rush painted several murals for the Section of Fine Arts in New Mexico, Colorado, and Oklahoma; at the time she was becoming known for delicate nature paintings that conveyed a sense of animals moving through dreamlike space. Her mural for the Florence Post Office, called <em>Antelope</em>, was completed and installed in 1939. It featured a line of antelope walking across a grassy plain, with one taking a drink from a pond where two ducks swam. In the background, fluffy white clouds drifted across an open sky.</p> <p>The Florence Post Office remains largely unchanged and continues to serve the community.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-author"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-author">Author</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-author"><a href="/author/encyclopedia-staff" hreflang="und">Encyclopedia Staff</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-keyword--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-keyword.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-keyword.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-keyword field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-keyword"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-keyword">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/new-deal" hreflang="en">New Deal</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/public-works-administration" hreflang="en">Public Works Administration</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/post-offices" hreflang="en">post offices</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/olive-rush" hreflang="en">Olive Rush</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/florence" hreflang="en">Florence</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links--inline.html.twig * links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-references-html--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-references-html.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-references-html.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-references-html field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-references-html"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-references-html">References</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-references-html"><p>Paul R. Secord and H. James Kolva, “Florence Post Office,” National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form (1984–85).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-additional-information-htm--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-information-htm field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-additional-information-htm">Additional Information</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"><p>Rosamae Wells Campbell, <em>From Trappers to Tourists: Fremont County, Colorado, 1830–1950</em> (Palmer Lake, CO: Filter Press, 1972).</p> <p>James F. Wickens, <em>Colorado in the Great Depression</em> (New York: Garland, 1979).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> Tue, 31 Jan 2017 22:16:59 +0000 yongli 2257 at http://coloradoencyclopedia.org Wetmore Post Office http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/wetmore-post-office <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Wetmore Post Office</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/users/yongli" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">yongli</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2016-08-24T15:24:12-06:00" title="Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 15:24" class="datetime">Wed, 08/24/2016 - 15:24</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'addtoany_standard' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * addtoany-standard--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * addtoany-standard--node.html.twig x addtoany-standard.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/wetmore-post-office" data-a2a-title="Wetmore Post Office"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoloradoencyclopedia.org%2Farticle%2Fwetmore-post-office&amp;title=Wetmore%20Post%20Office"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" id="id-body"><p>Built in 1879, the Wetmore Post Office building was originally the office, store, and home of Dr. John W. Walters and his wife, Margaret A. Walters. In 1896 Margaret Walters became the town’s postmistress and began to operate the post office out of the building’s store. The post office has occupied the building ever since. The building was recently renovated and now also houses the Wetmore Historical Center.</p> <h2>Drug Store and Post Office</h2> <p>In 1880 the town of Wetmore was established along Hardscrabble Creek on a 160-acre homestead owned by William and Francis Wetmore, who offered free lots to anyone who would build on the property. The town received a post office the following April, with S. H. Callen as postmaster. In small towns like Wetmore, the post office served as a crucial sign of stability and was often located in the postmaster’s residence or retail store. The Wetmore Post Office’s location varied with the postmaster for much of the next fifteen years.</p> <p>In 1896 Margaret Walters became postmistress of Wetmore. From then on, the post office operated out of the L-shaped wood-frame building that her husband, Dr. John Walters, had constructed in 1879 as a combined residence and office. Soon the couple also opened a store in the building, selling drugs and sundries. John saw patients in one part of the building, while Margaret operated the store and post office in another. The building became an important place for picking up mail, exchanging news with neighbors, and posting notices and other information. After John died in 1899, Margaret continued to serve as postmistress for many years before the position passed on to her son, Fred Walters, and his wife, Lela.</p> <p>From 1910 to 1961 the Siloam Telephone Company operated out of the Wetmore Post Office, expanding the building’s role as the local communications hub. The company served several dozen families in a five-square-mile area by stringing telephone lines along fence posts. Lela Walters worked the switchboard. The rise of the telephone made communications easier for local residents but reduced the importance of the post office as a place for face-to-face meetings. In 1961 Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph acquired Siloam, and the Wetmore switchboard was no longer needed.</p> <p>The post office building has received several additions and renovations over the years, the most notable being an interior remodel when the building was electrified in 1940 and the application of stucco over most of the exterior walls in 1953. In 1962 the United States Postal Service renovated the post office portion of the building. The telephone switchboard and a candy counter were removed, and the post office was sealed off from the building’s residential section.</p> <h2>Recent Renovation</h2> <p>In 2005 Wetmore native Jeannie Culpin founded the Wetmore-Hardscrabble Genealogical and Historical Society. Two years later she bought the post office building with the idea of turning it into a local history center. She began extensive renovations and got the property listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. In 2009 the Wetmore Historical Center opened in the renovated building. It includes a library and museum and hosts Wetmore-Hardscrabble Genealogical and Historical Society meetings and events.</p> <p>The building also continues to house the local post office, which serves more than 200 households. It is one of only three original post offices still in operation in <a href="/article/custer-county"><strong>Custer County</strong></a>.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-author"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-author">Author</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-author"><a href="/author/encyclopedia-staff" hreflang="und">Encyclopedia Staff</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-keyword--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-keyword.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-keyword.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-keyword field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-keyword"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-keyword">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/wetmore" hreflang="en">Wetmore</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/post-offices" hreflang="en">post offices</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/john-walters" hreflang="en">John Walters</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/margaret-walters" hreflang="en">Margaret Walters</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/siloam-telephone-company" hreflang="en">Siloam Telephone Company</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/jeannie-culpin" hreflang="en">Jeannie Culpin</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/wetmore-hardscrabble-genealogical-and-historical-society" hreflang="en">Wetmore-Hardscrabble Genealogical and Historical Society</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links--inline.html.twig * links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-references-html--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-references-html.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-references-html.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-references-html field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-references-html"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-references-html">References</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-references-html"><p>F. Jeannie Culpin, “Wetmore Post Office,” National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (February 15, 2008).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-additional-information-htm--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-information-htm field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-additional-information-htm">Additional Information</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"><p>Joanne West Dodds, <em>Custer County at a Glance: Featuring Rosita, Silver Cliff, and Westcliffe</em> (Pueblo, CO: Focal Plain, 2007).</p> <p>Joanne West Dodds, <em>Custer County: Mountains, Mines and Ranches</em> (Pueblo, CO: Paperworks, 1992).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-4th-grade--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-4th-grade.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-4th-grade.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-4th-grade field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" id="id-field-4th-grade"><p>The Wetmore Post Office was built in 1879. The building included the office, store, and a home. Dr. John W. Walters and his wife, Margaret A. Walters worked at the post office. In 1896 Margaret Walters became the town’s postmistress. The post office has been in the building ever since. It now includes the Wetmore Historical Center.</p> <h2>Drug Store and Post Office</h2> <p>The town of Wetmore was near Hardscrabble Creek. Wetmore was on William and Francis Wetmore’s homestead. The Wetmore’s gave free land to anyone who would build. The town’s post office came the following April. The post office was a sign of stability. Wetmore’s first postmaster was S. H. Callen. Small post offices were often in the postmaster’s home or retail store. The location of the post office depended on where the postmaster lived.</p> <p>In 1896 Margaret Walters became postmistress of Wetmore Post Office. After that, the post office stayed in the L-shaped wood-frame building. The building became a permanent place for the post office. Dr. John Walters built the place in 1879 as a place to live and work. The Walter’s set out to open a store in the building. The store sold drugs and dry goods to families in Wetmore. John tended to patients in part of the building. Margaret ran the store and post office in the other rooms. The building became an important place. People picked up their mail at the post office. They got to share news with their neighbors. People were able to post information and to talk with each other. John died in 1899. Margaret was postmistress for a long time. The position then went to her son, Fred Walters, and to his wife, Lela.</p> <p>From 1910 to 1961, the Siloam Telephone Company was in the Wetmore Post Office building. The building handled the mail and telephones. The company was to serve families in the area. The company strung telephone lines along fence posts. Lela Walters worked the switchboard. The telephone made talking with each other easier for local families. But the telephone cut down the people’s use of the post office. People called each other instead of meeting in person. The telephone let one person talk to another from home. In 1961 Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph bought Siloam. The Wetmore switchboard was no longer needed.</p> <p>The post office building would receive many additions over the years. The most notable is the inside. The building is still in use. In 1962 the United States Postal Service fixed the post office part of the building. The telephone switchboard and a candy counter were removed. The post office was sealed off from the rest of the building.</p> <h2>Recent Renovation</h2> <p>In 2005 Wetmore native Jeannie Culpin started the Wetmore-Hardscrabble Genealogical and Historical Society. She bought the post office building. Culpin had the property listed in the National and State Registers of Historic Places. In 2009 the Wetmore Historical Center opened in the post office building. The center includes a library and museum.</p> <p>The building is still the local post office. It delivers mail to more than 200 households. Wetmore Post Office is one of only three original post offices in <a href="/article/custer-county"><strong>Custer County</strong></a>.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-8th-grade--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-8th-grade.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-8th-grade.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-8th-grade field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" id="id-field-8th-grade"><p>Built in 1879, the Wetmore Post Office building contained more than the mail. It also included the office, store, and the home of Dr. John W. Walters and his wife, Margaret A. Walters, who managed the post office. In 1896 Margaret Walters became the town’s postmistress. She operated the post office out of the store. The post office has occupied the building ever since. The building was repaired and improved. It now includes the Wetmore Historical Center.</p> <h2>Drug Store and Post Office</h2> <p>In 1880 the town of Wetmore started along Hardscrabble Creek. Wetmore came from a 160-acre homestead that belonged to William and Francis Wetmore. They offered free lots to anyone who would build on the land. The town had a post office the following April. Wetmore’s first postmaster was S. H. Callen.</p> <p>In small towns like Wetmore, the post office was an important sign of stability. Small-town post offices were often found in the postmaster’s home or retail store. The location of the Wetmore Post Office changed depending where the postmaster lived and worked for the next fifteen years.</p> <p>In 1896 Margaret Walters became postmistress of Wetmore. From then on, the post office operated out of the L-shaped wood-frame building that her husband built. Dr. John Walters had constructed the building in 1879 as a place to live and work. Soon they also opened a store in the building, selling drugs and dry goods.</p> <p>John met with patients in one part of the building. Margaret operated the store and post office in the other rooms. The building became an important place. People picked up mail at the post office. They exchanged news with neighbors and posted information. John died in 1899. Margaret continued as postmistress for many years. The position then went to her son, Fred Walters, and his wife, Lela.</p> <p>From 1910 to 1961 the Siloam Telephone Company operated out of the Wetmore Post Office. The telephone company made the building the local communications hub. The telephone company served many families in a five-square-mile area. Telephone lines hung along fence posts. Lela Walters worked the switchboard. The rise of the telephone made communications easier for local residents. However, the telephone reduced the importance of the post office as a place for meeting with people. In 1961 Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph acquired Siloam. The Wetmore switchboard was no longer needed.</p> <p>The post office building has received several additions and improvements over the years, the most notable being an interior remodel. The building was electrified in 1940. The stucco covering most of the exterior walls in 1953. In 1962 the United States Postal Service improved the post office portion of the building. The telephone switchboard and a candy counter were removed. The post office was sealed off from the building’s other sections.</p> <h2>Recent Renovation</h2> <p>In 2005 Wetmore native Jeannie Culpin founded the Wetmore-Hardscrabble Genealogical and Historical Society. Two years later, she bought the post office building. Culpin turned the building into a local history center. She began extensive renovations. Culpin got the property listed in the National and State Registers of Historic Places. In 2009, the Wetmore Historical Center opened in the improved post office building. It includes a library and museum. The historical center holds Wetmore-Hardscrabble Genealogical and Historical Society meetings and events.</p> <p>The building also continues to house the local post office. It delivers mail to more than 200 households. Wetmore Post Office is one of only three original post offices still working in <a href="/article/custer-county"><strong>Custer County</strong></a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-10th-grade--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-10th-grade.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-10th-grade.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-10th-grade field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" id="id-field-10th-grade"><p>Built in 1879, the Wetmore Post Office building was originally the office, store, and home of the postmaster. Dr. John W. Walters and his wife Margaret maintained the post office. In 1896 Margaret Walters became the town’s postmistress. She began operating the post office out of the building’s store. The post office has occupied the building ever since. The building was renovated and now includes the Wetmore Historical Center.</p> <h2>Drug Store and Post Office</h2> <p>In 1880 the town of Wetmore was established along Hardscrabble Creek on a 160-acre homestead owned by William and Francis Wetmore. The Wetmore’s offered free lots to anyone who would build on the property. The town received a post office the following April. Wetmore’s first postmaster was S. H. Callen. In small towns like Wetmore, the post office served as an important sign of stability. Small town post offices were often located in the postmaster’s home or retail store. The location of the Wetmore Post Office changed with the postmaster for the next fifteen years.</p> <p>In 1896 Margaret Walters became postmistress of Wetmore. From then on, the post office operated out of the L-shaped wood-frame building that her husband, Dr. John Walters, had constructed in 1879 as a combined residence and office. Soon the couple also opened a store in the building, selling drugs and sundries. John saw patients in one part of the building. Margaret operated the store and post office in other parts of the structure. The building became an important place for picking up mail, exchanging news with neighbors, and posting information. John died in 1899, and Margaret continued to serve as postmistress for many years. The position then was passed on to her son, Fred Walters, and his wife Lela.</p> <p>From 1910 to 1961 the Siloam Telephone Company operated out of the Wetmore Post Office. The telephone company expanded the building’s role as the local communications hub. The company served several dozen families in a five-square-mile area. Telephone lines were strung along fence posts. Lela Walters worked the switchboard. The rise of the telephone made communications easier for local residents but reduced the importance of the post office as a place for meeting people face-to-face. In 1961 Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph acquired Siloam, and the Wetmore switchboard was no longer needed.</p> <p>The post office building has received several additions and renovations over the years, the most notable being an interior remodel. The building was electrified in 1940 and the application of stucco over most of the exterior walls in 1953. In 1962 the United States Postal Service renovated the post office portion of the building. The telephone switchboard and a candy counter were removed. The post office was sealed off from the building’s residential section.</p> <h2>Recent Renovation</h2> <p>In 2005 Wetmore native Jeannie Culpin founded the Wetmore-Hardscrabble Genealogical and Historical Society. Two years later she bought the post office building. Culpin had the idea of turning it into a local history center. She began extensive renovations. Culpin got the property listed in the National and State Registers of Historic Places. In 2009 the Wetmore Historical Center opened in the renovated building. It includes a library and museum. The historical center hosts Wetmore-Hardscrabble Genealogical and Historical Society meetings and events.</p> <p>The building also continues to house the local post office, which serves more than 200 households. It is one of only three original post offices still functioning in <a href="/article/custer-county"><strong>Custer County</strong></a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> Wed, 24 Aug 2016 21:24:12 +0000 yongli 1759 at http://coloradoencyclopedia.org Englewood Post Office http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/englewood-post-office <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Englewood Post Office</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-article-image--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-article-image.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-article-image.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--field-article-image--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div id="carouselEncyclopediaArticle" class="carousel slide" data-bs-ride="true"> <div class="carousel-inner"> <div class="carousel-item active"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * node--899--article-detail-image.html.twig * node--899.html.twig x node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig * node--image.html.twig * node--article-detail-image.html.twig * node.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/content/node--image--article-detail-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-encyclopedia-image--image.html.twig * field--node--field-encyclopedia-image.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--field-encyclopedia-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-encyclopedia-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <a href="/image/englewood-post-office"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_style' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/englewood-1-X-8224_0.jpg?itok=YtvK3ZEz" width="1000" height="745" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-wide" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> </a> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block"> <h5><a href="/image/englewood-post-office" rel="bookmark"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--image.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Englewood Post Office</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> </a></h5> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--image.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--image.html.twig * field--body.html.twig x field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Completed in 1938, the Englewood post office was the first federal building in Englewood and the only federal building constructed in Englewood as part of the New Deal. 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The work is Robinson’s only post office mural and one of three major Robinson murals to survive intact in their original location.</p> <h2>New Post Office</h2> <p><strong>Englewood</strong> received its mail from the Denver post office until the 1930s. Talk of an independent Englewood post office started in 1929, then moved forward rapidly after 1935 because of lobbying efforts, Denver’s growth, and <a href="/article/new-deal-colorado"><strong>New Deal</strong></a> construction projects. Englewood was selected for a new post office in September 1936. At that time the city had a population of 8,600, with another 6,000 people in the surrounding area who would be served by the post office.</p> <p>The Englewood post office was built on the east side of South Broadway, on a lot that was probably vacant. Ground was broken in November 1937 at a celebration featuring speeches and the Englewood High School marching band. The cornerstone was laid the following March, and the post office was dedicated on September 22, 1938.</p> <p>The post office was the first federal building in Englewood and the only federal building constructed in the city as part of the New Deal. It cost about $94,000. At the time it was built, the one-story redbrick post office with Colonial Revival elements was one Englewood’s most architecturally sophisticated buildings.</p> <h2>Robinson’s Mural</h2> <p>Murals were popular in the 1930s as a democratic art form that could bring complex subjects to the public, and New Deal initiatives such as the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts program were&nbsp;established in order to put artists to work painting murals in federal buildings across the country.</p> <p>In April 1939 Postmaster James Adams asked about getting a mural for the lobby of the Englewood post office. His request for a mural was approved in May 1939. By June the Section of Fine Arts&nbsp;had commissioned Boardman Robinson, then living in <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-springs"><strong>Colorado Springs</strong></a>, to do the mural. Along with his friend Thomas Hart Benton, Robinson is regarded as a founder of the American mural movement of the 1920s and 1930s. After working for decades as a political cartoonist in New York, Robinson moved to Colorado Springs in 1930 to join the faculty of the newly founded Fountain Valley School. In the mid-1930s he became director of art school at the <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-springs-fine-arts-center"><strong>Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center</strong></a>, which he made into a center of the mural movement.</p> <p>In July 1939 Robinson visited the Englewood post office. He submitted his preliminary sketch for the mural in September. It was not well received. The reviewer found Robinson’s subject for the mural inappropriate and “frivolous,” and wrote that it should be more serious and dignified.</p> <p>Robinson responded with a second sketch in October. This sketch received a positive review, and Robinson got to work. He completed the mural, called <em>Colorado Stock Sale </em>in August 1940. It was displayed for a few weeks at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, where Robinson served as art director, before being installed in the Englewood post office in October. The mural was one of sixteen placed in Colorado post offices between 1936 and 1942.</p> <p>The six-foot-by-twelve-foot <em>Colorado Stock Sale</em> was Robinson’s last mural. Depicting a horse auction in rural Colorado, it is Robinson’s only major mural to reflect the evolution of his style toward a naturalistic regionalism after his move to Colorado.</p> <h2>Postwar Developments</h2> <p>The post office stood on the northern edge of Englewood when it was built. Soon commercial development followed the post office north along Broadway. Englewood pushed north toward Denver, which in turn grew south to meet it. After World War II, Englewood developed as a suburb within the larger Denver metropolis.</p> <p>The Englewood post office survived without many changes. It continues to have the look and feel of a small-town New Deal post office. The building was originally in the middle of its block on South Broadway, but in the 1980s East Floyd Avenue was rerouted to alleviate traffic problems. As a result, the post office is now on a slightly larger corner lot, though the building has not moved.</p> <p>In January 2010 the US Postal Service listed the Englewood post office for closure. Strong opposition from hundreds of customers, preservationists, art enthusiasts, and government officials resulted in a quick reversal of the decision and led to a successful effort later that year to get the building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-author"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-author">Author</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-author"><a href="/author/encyclopedia-staff" hreflang="und">Encyclopedia Staff</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-keyword--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-keyword.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-keyword.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-keyword field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-keyword"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-keyword">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/post-offices" hreflang="en">post offices</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/boardman-robinson" hreflang="en">Boardman Robinson</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/englewood" hreflang="en">Englewood</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/new-deal" hreflang="en">New Deal</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/murals" hreflang="en">murals</a></div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-keyword"><a href="/keyword/colorado-stock-sale" hreflang="en">Colorado Stock Sale</a></div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links--inline.html.twig * links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-references-html--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-references-html.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-references-html.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-references-html field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-references-html"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-references-html">References</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-references-html"><p>Kyle MacMillan, “<a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2010/01/22/public-outcry-saves-englewood-post-office-and-its-mural/">Public Outcry Saves Englewood Post Office and Its Mural</a>,” <em>Denver Post</em>, January 23, 2010.</p> <p>Diane Wray Tomasso, “Englewood Post Office,” National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (June 5, 2010).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-additional-information-htm--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-information-htm field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-additional-information-htm">Additional Information</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"><p>Henry Adams, <em>Boardman Robinson: American Muralist and Illustrator, 1876–1952</em> (Colorado Springs: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1996).</p> <p>Karal Ann Marling, <em>Wall-to-Wall America: A Cultural History of Post-Office Murals in the Great Depression</em> (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1982).</p> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:45:02 +0000 yongli 898 at http://coloradoencyclopedia.org