"[3] Designed in the Second Renaissance Revival style, the front of the building features terra cotta arches supported by plain tuscan columns.

[1] Financial problems fueled by onerous Congressional legislation[7] which introduced an unsustainable debt load without acknowledging revenue dynamics[8] prompted a national sale of underused and often aging real estate owned by the USPS.

Opponents staged a 33-day encampment on its steps while the City Council unanimously voted to oppose the sale and unsuccessfully sought a one-year delay.

The main entrance is on Allston Way, with nearby landmarks including the YMCA, a city office building (formerly Farm Credit), and Berkeley High School.

The work area extends 162 feet south along Milvia Street in a one-story building with a basement, matching the front section in design.

The Allston Way facade features an arcade of 11 high round arches on plain Tuscan columns, extending along the main floor and forming a loggia about 10 feet deep.

The hipped roof is covered in red tile over wood sheathing, with a wide overhang featuring two rows of curved wooden brackets framing rectangular panels.

The cornerstone, located at the north end of the west side, reads: "William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury; Oscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect, 1914."

On the east end wall is a relief sculpture of postal workers by David Slivka, dated December 1937, with the inscription "From U.S., To All Mankind, Truth Abode, On Freedom Road."

The fourth, sixth, and eighth arches have paired oak and glass doors with brass fittings, featuring modified Corinthian capitals that are repeated inside the building.