Carl Albert Federal Building

Built in 1914, the facility was renamed in 1985 in honor of former Speaker of the House Carl Albert, a native of the town.

It was named for an early settler of the area, James McAlester, who set up a tent store where the heavily traveled Texas Road crossed the California Trail.

Built in 1914, the building served as the main Post Office for the area until the late 1960s when the Postal Service relocated.

The upper brick-clad floors exhibit the Greek orders in the use of columns and a pedimented cornice at the main elevation.

The French doors are set within a molded limestone surround, ornamented by a twisted rope motif all around.

Above each door opening is a green-veined marble roundel with a molded denticulated outer ring ornamented by a series of glyphs.

First floor windows sit within arched wood frames and rest on bracketed stone sills with paneled spandrel beneath.

Original cast iron light standards sit on the south elevation cheek walls.

[2] The north elevation of the building originally provided the loading dock area for the Postal Service.

As originally built a wooden loading dock projected from the center of the one-level east and west wings.

The original chair rail remains in the courtroom, though the ornamented ceiling was covered with acoustical tiles.