General Post Office, now Tariff Commission Building, 1971

ID: 301

This file appears in: General Post Office (General Land Office): Built in two stages from 1839 to 1866, the building is the work of Robert Mills and Thomas U. Walter, two of the most noted 19th-century American architects.

Credit: National Park Service

General Post Office (General Land Office): Built in two stages from 1839 to 1866, the building is the work of Robert Mills and Thomas U. Walter, two of the most noted 19th-century American architects.

By The DC Historic Sites team

This beautifully scaled and finely detailed building, with exceptionally fine interiors, is a tour de force of restrained neo-classical design and an outstanding example of American civil…