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	The Old Post Office Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The early years of the building's history were marked with controversy and disappointment.
		Nancy Hanks, the politically influential chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, joined the effort and prevailed in convincing Congress to reverse its decision: the Old Post Office was rescued.
		In 1983, the Old Post Office was officially renamed the Nancy Hanks Center in recognition of her devotion to the arts and the preservation of architecturally significant buildings.
	www.nps.gov /opot/index2.htm (385 words)

	Dell Corporation: Projects
		Washington, DC Many locations throughout the Old Post Office Building are exhibiting signs of water damage — stained and peeling paint, crumbling plaster, etc. Dell Corporation was asked to investigate the leaks and to determine their cause.
		Washington, DC The old State Department building was designed by Gilbert S. Underwood and William Dewey Foster in 1939.
		Washington, DC Dooley Hall is a combination of the original 1896 theater building and a large 1911 addition.
	www.dellcorp.com /projects2.html (189 words)

	Old Post Office Building (Washington, D.C.) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Old Post Office Pavilion is located the intersection of 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC.
		The Postmaster General moved to a newly constructed office building directly across 12th Street in 1934, and the fate of the building appeared to be sealed.
		On February 15, 1983, the Old Post Office was officially renamed the Nancy Hanks Center in recognition of her devotion to the arts and the preservation of architecturally significant buildings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_Post_Office_Building_(Washington) (805 words)

	Washington, D.C. -- Places To Tour -- Old Post Office Building
		Tours of the Old Post Office Tower provide visitors with the history of the building, a breathtaking vista from the 315-foot clock tower and a view of the Congress Bells.
		It was the largest government building in the District of Columbia at the turn of the century and the first with a clock tower.
		Despite all these features, the word "old" was attached to the building only 15 years after it was completed, and someone's description of the clock tower as an "old tooth" became the rallying cry to tear it down.
	www.tourofdc.org /tours/OldPostOffice (1065 words)

	Port Washington Lighthouse - Seeing The Light
		While the old light on the bluff to the north of the harbor continued to serve as a guide to mariners off shore, it served virtually no assistance in guiding them through the 120-foot opening between the thousand-foot long protective piers which were being built.
		Thus the decision was made to eliminate the old lighthouse, and to continue use of the building solely as a dwelling for the keepers.
		When this post was eliminated in 1992, the Coast Guard leased the building to the Port Washington Historical Society, which used the structures as a museum, with the long term goal of restoring the station to its turn of the twentieth century appearance.
	www.terrypepper.com /lights/michigan/portwashold/portwashold.htm (1765 words)

	The Old Post Office
		During 1954 the District Post Office moves from the old building to the Union Stations.
		The nickname of the Old Post Office the "Old Building."
		It was one of the city’s first steel frame buildings with a granite skin covering the steel to fireproof the building.
	www.carteretcountyschools.org /aes/dc03/OldPostOffice.htm (565 words)

	Port Washington Wisconsin - History - Old Town Port Tour
		This massive power plant building dominates the view to the south of the downtown and has been one of the landmarks of Port Washington since it was built.
		The tan brick-clad Port Washington post office was built in 1937 to a design produced by the Supervising Architect’s office of the U. Treasury Department under the direction of William Simon, the Supervising Architect.
		The style was a favorite of this office in the 1930s and is sometimes referred to as "stripped classical," because buildings that display it are generally symmetrical in design and essentially classical in their inspiration, but have been stripped of all but the most elemental aspects of classical architecture.
	www.ci.port-washington.wi.us /History/WalkingTour/OldTimePortTour.htm (2461 words)

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		The U.S. Department of Agriculture meat inspection laboratory remained in the old post office building at 7th and Minnesota for another two or three weeks because there was a large amount of new and specialized equipment that had to be installed in the laboratory.
		The bankruptcy courtroom and facilities and the marshal's and probation offices are on the ground floor with the post office.
		The stone is in the wall west of the north ground floor entrance to the Civic center post office.
	www.kckpl.lib.ks.us /kscoll/lochist/thennow/TN01.htm (864 words)

	Philippine Post Magazine:Recollections of a Peaceful Republic
		The building became the office building for our government-in-exile during World War II; and as the Philippine flag was raised on July 4, 1946, a small group of officials solemnly raised the flag of our independent Republic in Washington.
		It so happened that by this time, the old Victorian embassy building was in an advanced state of decrepitude; it's derelict state a cause for national embarrassment and quite a bit of head-scratching since the government felt it couldn't otherwise afford the cost of either building a new embassy or refurbishing the old one.
		As for the old embassy itself, the seal of the Republic over the entrance is still there, although the building is devoid of any signs of life, while the state of decay of the structure is sadly apparent.
	www.philpost.com /1101pages/quezon1101.html (2660 words)

	Washington Monument
		George Washington was a commander of the continental army in 1775.
		The Washington Monument was built at intervals between the years of ________ and _________.
		Washington was able to stop attempts to have a monument in his honor constructed while he was alive.
	www.carteretcountyschools.org /aes/dc03/WashingtonMonument.htm (731 words)

	Old Post Office Pavilion
		Built between 1933 and 1934, the building was one of the last Beaux Arts-style public structures in the United States, and housed postal operations until late in 1985, when it was acquired by the City.
		The Old Post Office Pavilion was refurbished by the City of El Centro using funds from the California Office of Historic Preservation.
		The building operation is under the management of the El Centro Parks and Recreation Department with overview from the Community Services Commission.
	www.greencity.org /opop.html (429 words)

	The Commonspace > December 2004 > From the Source
		And, as with the Century Building case, the demolition did nothing to help revive downtown — it effected the reverse by destroying one of the most important architectural blocks and eliminating one of the last bits of vibrant street life south of Chestnut.
		Ironically, part of the earlier hype in downtown St. Louis was the renovation of the Old Post Office, reopened triumphantly in 1982.
		By 1996, the building's doors were locked on weekends and the building fell into such disuse that less than 25 years after its grand re-opening it is once again the subject of redevelopment.
	www.thecommonspace.org /2004/12/source.php (1611 words)

	The Federal Presence
		The Senate and House office buildings and the Supreme Court were constructed in accordance with grand plan for the Beaux Arts inspired buildings to serve the needs of the legislative and judicial arms of government.
		The present Old Executive Office Building that was formerly the State, War, and Navy Building was built between 1871 and 1888.
		The Old Patent Office (7th, 9th, F and G Streets, NW) which now houses two Smithsonian Museums, the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery was built between 1836 and 1857(Open to the public, but soon to be closed for major renovations).
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/fedpres.htm (1034 words)

	Reinventing the old patent building: Washington's Old Patent Office Building is due for a complete overhaul after ...
		This was a gutted building, but a building whose stripped condition hinted strongly at the elegance and charm it had a century-and-a-half ago.
		But a Patent Office honored a very different kind of hero: the man or woman who came up with a new invention or a new way of doing something that was an improvement on the way it had been done before.
		It was his work on the Treasury, Patent Office and Post Office buildings that "in the late 1830s established a new scale for federal offices," writes the architect's chief biographer, John M. Bryan, in America's First Architect: Robert Mills.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_40_18/ai_94511264 (887 words)

	Old Post Office - Washington D.C. Attractions
		The Old Post Office, located at 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, was completed 1899 as an attempt to revitalize the neighborhood between the Capitol building and the Whitehouse.
		Interestingly, the Old Post Office is also the first government building to have its own electric power plant made to drive over 3,900 lights.
		As one of the rare, remaining examples of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the Old Post Office was included the National Register of Historic Buildings and was consequently preserved.
	www.washingtondcpartyshuttle.com /attractions/old-post-office.php (602 words)

	Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
		While the Avenue serves work-a-day Washington as a major east-west transit route, it is known the world over as the heart of the Nation's Capital.
		This building was followed in 1909 by the completion of the District Building at 14th St. and (what was then) E St. Designed by Cope and Stewardson in the Beaux Arts style made popular by the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1892, the building was constructed to house the District of Columbia government.
		Citizen protest saved the Old Post Office from the wrecking ball and led to a major rehabilitation of the building being authorized by Congress in 1977.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc41.htm (520 words)

	My Love Affair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		There were four classes of post offices, and a building's design was based on the population it would serve and its annual postal receipts.
		The Springfield, Missouri, post office was a three-story limestone castle with a four-story turret and a five-story tower.
		There are scores of views of this post office; I love this one for the color of the sky and the curious gentleman in the lower lefthand corner.
	home.earthlink.net /~ggghostie/postoffices.html (1073 words)

	Photo Gallery of Washington, D.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		This building is probably the most familiar of all buildings in Washington, DC and in the United States.
		The Washington National Cathedral is a magnificent Gothic structure and the mother church of the Episcopal Church in the US.
		George Washington was originally a farmer who became the general of the colonial army during the Revolutionary War.
	www.gwu.edu /~washweb/us-siberlinkfdc.htm (292 words)

	Old Post Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Buffalo post office was the first major government building to occur aft the act became law.
		The building is largely credited to architect James Knox Taylor, who designed a sister post office (now bustling with boutiques and ethnic food counters) in Washington, D.C. The Old Post Office has been magnificently restored and is now thriving as the Downtown Branch of the Erie County Community College.
		Buffalo's post office was established in 1804 when Erastus Granger received the appointment as Buffalo's first postmaster from Thomas Jefferson.
	ah.bfn.org /a/ellicott/121/eccext/index.html (647 words)

	Old Highway 99 - Post Office on Prospect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The building on the left is the main post office for Bellingham, Washington.
		In the year 2000, the main branch post office location has become less convenient.
		The parking lot across the street has become the Whatcom County Sheriff's office.
	www.cob.org /pcd/cd/historic/hwy_99/postoffice.html (48 words)

	Explore DC: Old Post Office
		Originally built to house the US Postal Service and the local city post office, the Old Post Office is the third tallest building in Washington and the city's first modern skyscraper.
		Lack of funds saved the building the first time while the second attempt placed the Old Post Office building squarely in the middle of the emerging debate over what to do with historic old structures that had seemingly passed their prime.
		Visitors to the Old Post Office can also take an elevator to the tower where they have a magnificent view of the city and where they can see the ten massive bells given to the U.S. Congress in 1976 by the Ditchley Foundation of England.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=164 (262 words)

	Ariel Rios Building - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ariel Rios Building is across 12th Street from the Old Post Office, in the Federal Triangle in Washington, D.C. The Rios Building is now the headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
		In the 1920s, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon's building commission developed the Federal Triangle and actively sought the Old Post Office's demolition, as it did not conform to the guidelines of the building commission.
		The Rios Building has been refurbished with the architectural details of the hallways preserved in the style of the 1920's and 1930's.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ariel_Rios_Building (243 words)

	Old Post Office Pavilion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Ranked as one of Washington's top eight attractions, The Old Post Office Pavilion is equally a part of its vibrant present and a living legend of its storied past.
		Centrally located on America's Main Street at 12th Street, The Old Post Office Pavilion is midway between the White House and the U.S. Capitol...
		It is easily accessible from the Metrorail at the Federal Triangle or Metro Center stations.
	www.oldpostofficedc.com (137 words)

	Old Post Office Building, Washington
		This was the first government building to have its own electric power plant, with generators installed to power over 3,900 lights throughout the buiding.
		The building was nearly demolished in 1971, but was saved by the efforts of Nancy Hanks, head of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the D.C. Preservation League.
		This is the tallest high-rise building in Washington, and the city's third-tallest structure, after the Washington Monument and the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu/?id=119514 (297 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Bush Backs Into Nation Building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Speaking to the American Enterprise Institute in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night, the president alluded to his postwar vision of Iraq, declaring that America had a major interest in stabilizing the country and could help create the first democracy, outside of Israel, in the Middle East.
		The difference between Bush's rhetoric and policy goes to prove the old adage that talking about governing, and actually doing it, are two very different things.
		The debate over nation building was a significant one in the 2000 campaign.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A6853-2003Feb26?language=printer (1133 words)

	Washington, D.C., Buildings and Sites, UM Libraries
		Additional information on buildings and sites in the Washington, D.C. area can be found in the collection of Government Documents and Maps at McKeldin Library.
		Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President, 1998.
		Washington: U.S. The Library of Congress: The Art and Architecture of the Thomas Jefferson Building.
	www.lib.umd.edu /ARCH/guides/dcbldg.html (1458 words)

	Mrs. Bush's Remarks on the National Endowment for the Arts
		Washington, D.C. BUSH: Thank you very much, Dana Gioia, for your warm welcome.
		The arts are critical building blocks for a child's development.
		The study and enjoyment of the arts helps build greater appreciation of our rich history and artistic legacy.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2004/01/20040129-1.html (666 words)

	Old Post Office Washington DC
		Old Post Office Washington DC The Old Post Office in Washington DC was built in the 1890s and has an interior glass-roofed atrium with a food court.
		After a lunch or snack, take the free elevator ride to the top of the Old Post Office tower.
		It lists the best areas to find a hotel in Washington DC and its suburbs.
	www.visitingdc.com /washington-dc/old-post-office-washington-dc.htm (112 words)

	Pennsylvania Avenue Old Post Office Building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		This old building was going to be torn down, but instead it has been converted into a little shopping mall with an eatery.
		The historic Old Post Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue at 12th Street was near destruction when preservationists succeeded in saving it.
		Today, it is an office building with a food and tourist court on the lower level.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/pa22.htm (206 words)

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