US Post Office-Boulder Main
Post office in 2009
Boulder Post Office is located in Colorado
Boulder Post Office
Location1905 Fifteenth St., Boulder, Colorado
Coordinates40°01′04″N 105°16′34″W / 40.017899°N 105.2762264°W / 40.017899; -105.2762264
Area0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built1910
ArchitectJames Knox Taylor
Architectural styleRenaissance Revival, Classical Revival
Part ofDowntown Boulder Historic District (ID80000878)
MPSUS Post Offices in Colorado, 1900--1941, TR
NRHP reference No.86000164[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 22, 1986
Designated CPDecember 3, 1980

The Boulder Post Office, also known as Boulder Main Post Office, at 1905 Fifteenth St. in Boulder, Colorado, was built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places at US Post Office—Boulder Main in 1986.

It is a rectangular building taking up nearly all of the site's 220 by 150 feet (67 m × 46 m) footprint. It has Renaissance Revival and Classical Revival details and was designed by the supervising architect of the U.S. Treasury James Knox Taylor. It has a metal hipped roof.[2][3]

It was deemed significant as "a well preserved and rare example of the type of post office building constructed during James Knox Taylor's tenure as Supervising Architect.[note 1] The building is a notable interpretation of Classical and Renaissance Revival styling and has considerable urban design significance in relation to the town's civic center."[2]

It is also a contributing building in the Downtown Boulder Historic District, which was NRHP-listed in 1980.

Following the 2021 Boulder shooting, local Congressman Joe Neguse introduced legislation to have the post office named after police officer Eric Talley, who was killed while responding to the shooting.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ However by 2013 there were 102 listings on the National Register of post offices and courthouses attributed to James Knox Taylor, per NRIS version of 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Paul R. Secord; H. James Kolva (August 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Boulder Post Office / Boulder Main Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved June 1, 2021. With accompanying four photos from 1983
  3. ↑ "Boulder Post Office". History Colorado.
  4. ↑ Sugden, Keely (May 14, 2021). "Neguse introduces bill to rename Boulder Post Office after Eric Talley". FOX31 Denver. Retrieved October 13, 2021.


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