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U.S. Post Office (Hollywood, California)
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The U.S. Post Office in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, also known as Hollywood Station serves zip code 90028 and others.
In 1937, renowned art deco architect Claud Beelman
, then partner at Curlett + Beelman, could not have had any inkling that his WPA commissioned Hollywood Post Office Building, (located at 1615 Wilcox) would end up being a dead letter repository for love letters to such Hollywood luminaries as Clark Gable, Judy Garland, et al. 1937 was a landmark year for Beelman, as he was also bestowed the honor of building the Los Angeles County Fair Gallery, commissioned by the WPA. Another interesting fact is that a wood relief, titled "The Horseman", carved by artist Gordon Newell, still stands above a door inside the Hollywood Station Post Office. That sculpture was also another WPA commissioned work in 1937.
One of the few governmental and historical structures left unscathed in Hollywood, whose DMV offices were even razed for some new upscale lofts built in mid-2008, the Hollywood Post Office is a standing testament to the solid design ethic of Beelman, a self-trained draftsman turned "moderne" architect in the early 20th century.
Los Angeles architectural fans can only hope that the U.S. Post Office--Hollywood Station, whose ground breaking was personally tilled by the infamous censor Will B. Hayes by steam shovel, no less, will not be itself censored into oblivion in a new millennium of urban renewal in the Hollywood area.
In 1937, renowned art deco architect Claud Beelman
Claud Beelman
Claud W. Beelman , sometimes known as Claude Beelman, was an American architect who designed many examples of Beaux-Arts, Art Deco and Streamline Moderne style buildings. Many of his buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Beelman was married to Lourene Taft Beelman...
, then partner at Curlett + Beelman, could not have had any inkling that his WPA commissioned Hollywood Post Office Building, (located at 1615 Wilcox) would end up being a dead letter repository for love letters to such Hollywood luminaries as Clark Gable, Judy Garland, et al. 1937 was a landmark year for Beelman, as he was also bestowed the honor of building the Los Angeles County Fair Gallery, commissioned by the WPA. Another interesting fact is that a wood relief, titled "The Horseman", carved by artist Gordon Newell, still stands above a door inside the Hollywood Station Post Office. That sculpture was also another WPA commissioned work in 1937.
One of the few governmental and historical structures left unscathed in Hollywood, whose DMV offices were even razed for some new upscale lofts built in mid-2008, the Hollywood Post Office is a standing testament to the solid design ethic of Beelman, a self-trained draftsman turned "moderne" architect in the early 20th century.
Los Angeles architectural fans can only hope that the U.S. Post Office--Hollywood Station, whose ground breaking was personally tilled by the infamous censor Will B. Hayes by steam shovel, no less, will not be itself censored into oblivion in a new millennium of urban renewal in the Hollywood area.