General Post Office (Washington, D.C.)
- General Post Office (Washington, D.C.)
Infobox_nrhp | name =General Post Office
nrhp_type = nhl
caption =
location= E and F Sts. between 7th and 8th Sts., NW, Washington, D.C.
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 53
lat_seconds = 48
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 1
long_seconds = 22
long_direction = W
locmapin = District of Columbia
area =
built =1829
architect= Robert Mills (architect) & Thomas U. Walter
architecture= Greek Revival
designated= November 11, 1971[cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=863&ResourceType=Building]
title=General Post Office |accessdate=2008-05-13|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = March 24, 1969[cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
governing_body = GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
refnum=69000311
General Post Office, also known as Tariff Commission Building is a building in Washington, D.C. that is currently used as the Hotel Monaco.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.[citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/69000311.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Tariff Commission Building / General Post Office] |32 KB|date=March 8, 1970 |author=W. Brown Morton III and Nancy C. Taylor |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/69000311.pdf "Accompanying four photos, exterior, from 1971"] |32 KB] ]References
External links
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0290 U.S. General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC: 36 photos, 19 data pages and supplemental material] , at Historic American Building Survey
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