"Doors on Broadway Series #7"post office portico
Recessed vertical bays framing bronze and glass doors characterize the central portico on the south side of the former Post Office and Federal Building at 800 Broadway. This Classical Revival-styled grand old dame stands abandoned and deteriorating-- a ghost of her past grandeur as a Lubbock downtown landmark. Completed in June 1932 on a lot donated by Lubbock County for $1, she served as post office, court house, government office and military recruiting until 1968. Owned by the county, her occupants today are musty old records, discarded furniture and occasional four-legged and winged transients.
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