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Boulder Post Office

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It was deemed significant as "a well preserved and rare example of the type of post office building constructed during James Knox Taylor's tenure as Supervising Architect. The building is a notable interpretation of Classical and Renaissance Revival styling and has considerable urban design
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introduced the legislation to rename the post office in the months following the shooting, which was signed into law in March of 2022.
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However by 2013 there were 102 listings on the National Register of post offices and courthouses attributed to James Knox Taylor, per
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It is a rectangular building taking up nearly all of the site's 220 by 150 feet (67 m × 46 m) footprint. It has
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Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
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significance in relation to the town's civic center."
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Boulder Post Office is located in Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
40°01′04″N 105°16′34″W / 40.017899°N 105.2762264°W / 40.017899; -105.2762264
James Knox Taylor
Downtown Boulder Historic District
ID80000878
MPS
US Post Offices in Colorado, 1900--1941, TR
86000164
Boulder, Colorado
National Register of Historic Places
2021 Boulder shooting
Joe Neguse
Renaissance Revival
Classical Revival
supervising architect of the U.S. Treasury
James Knox Taylor
hipped roof
contributing building
Downtown Boulder Historic District
NRIS
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Boulder post office dedicated to Officer Eric Talley"
"Neguse introduces bill to rename Boulder Post Office after Eric Talley"

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