Post Office and Federal Building

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Post Office and Federal Building, Chicago.

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201 PUBLISHED BY MAX RIGOT SELLING CO., CHICAGO. MADE IN U. S. POST OFFICE AND FEDERAL BUILDING, CHICAGO. The Post Office occupies a full city square bounded by Clark, Adams and Dearborn Streets and Jackson Boule- vard. Construction commenced in 1897, completed in 1905; cost $4,757,000. The building is 311 by 386 feet, con- taining 150,000 square feet in its basement floor. The main building is eight stories high and the dome section contains eight more stories, making sixteen in all: the total height is 297 feet, depth of foundation 76 feet. R-50201