Constructed in 1937, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as Galveston U.S. Post Office, Custom House and Courthouse,[1] the building is home a number of federal agencies, and at one point housed the Galveston Bureau of the National Weather Service.

The United States Post Office and Courthouse in Galveston is clad with porous fossiliferous limestone.

Local Congressman Joseph J. Mansfield and the Collector of Customs, Fred Papst, urged the Treasury Department to use limestone, a grander finish more fitting a Federal building.

The continued use of the building as a community focal point for postal and other Federal functions reiterates its importance to Galveston.

[5] The United States Post Office and Courthouse in Galveston, Texas is an eight-story (including the basement) Art Deco style limestone building sitting on a granite base.

On the north and south elevations, the building rises to seven stories at the east with a two-story projecting wing to the west.

Each entry is two stories in height and flanked by integral pilasters with a double fluted band at the top.

These fixtures, flush-mounted in groups of three, are vertical, rectangular bronze frames with scored bands at the top and bottom.

The west elevation is finished in a similar way to the others except for the presence of the loading dock in the center and the fire escape to the northwest.

[5] Significant interior spaces include the main lobby and the original sixth floor courtroom.

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