National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County

National Register #79002073: Medford Post Office and Courthouse 21 February 2011
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National Register #79002073
Medford Post Office and Courthouse
310 West 6th Street
Medford
Built 1915-1916

The building was designed by the office of Oscar Wenderoth who was the Supervising Architect of the United Sates Treasury. It is the oldest remaining federal courthouse in southern Oregon and an early embodiment of the federal government in that region.

The design incorporates elements of both the Georgian Revival and Second Renaissance Revival styles which were popular at the beginning of the 20th century.

Source: Wikipedia

The Office of the Supervising Architect was an agency of the United States Treasury Department that designed federal government buildings from 1852 until World War II.

1869: United States Mint, Carson City
1888: Federal Government Building, Carson City
1893: United States Post Office and Courthouse, San Francisco
1910: United States Post Office and Courthouse, Eureka
1910: United States Post Office and Federal Building, Santa Rosa

1912: United States Post Office, Chico
1915: United States Post Office, Berkeley
1915: United States Post Office and Courthouse, Medford
1932: United States Post Office, Marysville
1933: United States Post Office and Courthouse, Las Vegas

1933: United States Post Office and Federal Building, Modesto
1933: United States Post Office, Petaluma
1941: United States Post Office, Tonopah

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