West Allis Post Office

West Allis, United States

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Built in West Allis, Wisconsin during 1939–40 as a Public Works Administration project, this post office exemplifies the Stripped Classical style that synthesized Neoclassical massing and symmetry with the spare geometry of Moderne design. Architect Louis A. Simon created a two-story structure of brown brick on a granite base, its facade dominated by two towering, symmetrically arranged door and window openings that echo a Greek temple's portico, crowned by a sculpted eagle amid stars. The interior features marble wainscoting, plaster walls, and a beige terrazzo lobby floor with red borders. Two large murals by Frances Foy—*Wisconsin Wild Flowers: Spring* and *Wisconsin Wild Flowers: Autumn*, painted in 1942 for the Section of Fine Arts—adorn the lobby, part of the New Deal's commitment to reserving one percent of building costs for art by local artists. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.