United States Post Office and Custom House (Burlington, Vermont)

U.S. Post Office and Custom House

(2011)
Location 175 Main Street
Burlington, Vermont
Coordinates: 44°28′33″N 73°12′44″W / 44.47583°N 73.21222°W / 44.47583; -73.21222
Built 1906
Architect James Knox Taylor
Architectural style Beaux-Arts
NRHP Reference # 72000114[1]
Added to NRHP November 21, 1972

The U.S. Post Office and Custom House at 175 Main Street on the corner of Church Street in downtown Burlington, Vermont was built in 1906 and was designed by James Knox Taylor in the Beaux-Arts style. Also known at one time as Smith-Goldberg U.S. Army Reserve Center, it served historically as a custom house and as a post office,[2] and is currently the Chittenden County Courthouse, after that building burned down in 1972.

The building was completed and occupied in 1857 at a cost of $44,714.91. In 1869-70 alterations were made consisting of changes on the first floor and adding another story with mansard roof. The building was demolished in 1905 and the Federal Government built a larger structure on the same lot with the front entrance facing Main Street. This newer building was purchased by the State of Vermont in 1975. From 1906 to 1972 the Post Office Building served the U. S. Government as a Post Office, Custom House and Courthouse (later, from 1963 until 1972 as the Smith-Goldberg Army Reserve Center) and remained in the Federal inventory. In 1972 The Treasury Department declared the old 1906 Post Office surplus and was accepted by the United States Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Department for entry on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

In 1974, Chittenden County acquired the old Beaux-Arts Classic building on Main and Church Streets. and it remains the Chittenden County Superior Courthouse today.

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  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Smith Goldberg, U.S. Army Reserve Center Designation Report"

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