U.S. Post Office

Napa, United States

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Built in 1933 with Public Works Administration funding, this Art Deco post office in Napa, California was designed by architect William H. Corlett. The three-section facade features a central block of six bays divided by piers topped with terra cotta capitals and crowned by a terra cotta cornice ornately decorated with ram and cow heads. The flanking side sections contain the building's two entrances, each adorned with decorative eagle panels above the doorways and urn-shaped bronze light fixtures. The interior showcases a painted bas-relief plastic ceiling—an unusual feature in federally constructed post offices of the era—and a terrazzo floor. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, the building was severely damaged in the 2014 South Napa earthquake and subsequently red-tagged as uninhabitable. After the Postal Service deemed repairs too costly and proposed demolition, community opposition led to its sale to a private developer for $2 million, with plans to convert it into a hotel.