United States Post Office and Courthouse (Peoria, Illinois)


U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location in Peoria County, Illinois
Location	100 NE. Monroe St., Peoria, Illinois
Coordinates	40°41′42″N 89°35′30″W / 40.69500°N 89.59167°W / 40.69500; -89.59167
Built	1937-1938 (1938)
Architect	Howard Lovewell Cheney, Louis A. Simon
Architectural style	Moderne
NRHP reference No.	12000878^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 24, 2012

The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, located at 100 Northeast Monroe Street in Peoria, Illinois, is a U.S. district courthouse for the Central District of Illinois. The building was constructed in 1937-38;^[1]^[2] it has a PWA Moderne design, a variant of Moderne architecture commonly used in Public Works Administration projects. Louis A. Simon, the Supervising Architect at the time, provided the plans for the building, while Howard Lovewell Cheney was the architect of record.^[1]^[2] The courthouse has a monumental granite exterior with limestone decorations; these decorations include bas-relief panels sculpted by Freeman L. Schoolcraft above its Main Street entrance: a man of industry, a woman of agriculture, a Native American, and a postal worker.^[3] The building's interior features painted ceilings, St. Genevieve marble walls, and patterned terrazzo floors. In addition to serving as a federal courthouse, the building also housed Peoria's main post office until 1981.^[4]

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 24, 2012.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 10/22/12 Through 10/27/12". National Park Service. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building - Peoria IL". Living New Deal. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
^ Lynn, Greg (2007-05-03). "New Booklet Catalogs Peoria's Public Art". Peoria Magazine. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
^ Lee, Portia. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: U.S. Post Office and Courthouse. National Park Service, May 2012.

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