A. Pyle of the California Board of State Harbor Commissioners, it is a two-story steel-framed building[3] in Mediterranean Revival style reminiscent of a palazzo,[4] of brick with trompe-l'œil stone trim of terracotta.

[1][2] It has a reinforced concrete foundation resting on a wharf built at the same time and supported on wood pilings.

[3] It was constructed in 1915 as the main post office for San Francisco, with mail arriving by water and then being distributed by streetcar.

[5] The Ferry Station Post Office Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1978.

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