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The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is an historic post office and courthouse building located at 400 North Ervay Street in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). The historic building retains an operating post office on the ground level with apartments on upper floors. ==History== A new federal building was conceived to replace the “Old” Post Office and Federal Building five blocks to the south (later replaced by the Mercantile National Bank Building). A site at Ervay, Federal, St. Paul, and Bryan was chosen, and $50,000 was allocated by the U.S. Congress. The sum was later raised to $2,300,000 for .〔"Federal Building Goes Five Full Stories." The Dallas Morning News. March 4, 1930.〕 Construction began in 1929 and the building opened in November 1930.〔"Uncle Sam Opens for New Business in New Headquarters." The Dallas Morning News. November 18, 1930.〕 The building served as the home for 40 Federal bureaus and agencies, two United States District Courts and two District Judges. As the Federal Government's presence in Dallas grew over were leased in surrounding buildings to house larger agencies. The U.S. District and Circuit Courts moved to the new Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse in 1971, following the departure of the Post Office regional headquarters in the same year.〔"U.S. Courts, Aides Move Into New Federal Building." The Dallas Morning News. June 21, 1971.〕 In 1984 the U.S. Postal Service selected Woodbine Development Corp. to renovate the historic building and build a 34-story office tower behind and above the building. The addition would have included a office building and 900-car underground parking garage along with retail, restaurant and office facilities.〔Donna Steph Hansard. "WOODBINE SELECTED FOR PROJECT Dallas developer to undertake post office renovation." The Dallas Morning News 31 October 1984, HOME FINAL, BUSINESS: 4d. NewsBank. Web. 24 February 2010.〕 The project never came to fruition. The structure was later renovated for the Postal Service by BRW Architects and Turner Construction. Work included the creation of a parking facility in the basement, restoration and renovation of the exterior facade and interior public spaces, a complete overhaul of MEP systems, upgrading of lighting, installation of a fire sprinkler system, and all necessary modifications to meet today's ADA accessibility criteria. All renovation work was conducted in close association with historic preservation authorities at national, state and local levels.〔http://www.brwarch.com/portfolio/19#〕 In 2002 a developer launched unsuccessful plans to convert all but the ground floor into 91 loft apartments, at a cost of $14 million, to be called the Lofts at Thanksgiving Square.〔http://www.dallaslibrary.org/texas/photogallery/downtownliving/postoffice.htm〕 In 2011 redevelopment commenced, and the upper levels were converted to 78 residential units. Original public spaces were restored for common use and a rooftop terrace was added to the building. U.S. Postal Service remains a tenant on the ground floor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States Post Office and Courthouse (Dallas, Texas)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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