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Post Office and Federal Building

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $8.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:406047
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Chicago
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Cook
Publisher: Max Rigot Selling Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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Additional Details:
The Post Office occupies a full city square bounded by Clark, Adams and Dearborn Streets and Jackson Boulevard. Construction commenced in 1897, completed in 1906, cost $4,757,000. The building is 311 by 386 feet, containing 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

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