The architecture of the United States demonstrates a broad variety of architectural styles and built forms over the country’s history of over two centuries of independence and former Spanish and British rule.
Architecture in the United States has been shaped by many internal and external factors and regional distinctions. As a whole it represents a rich eclectic and innovative tradition.
As these pictures of post office buildings from Click Americana show, a lot of architecture from around 1900 was built on a grand scale. Take a look back to the United States Postal Service’s glory days at the turn of the 20th century when the post office buildings were stunning, stately and stylish, and a pride of every city’s downtown.
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| Post office, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900 |
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| The New Post Office, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1901 |
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| Baltimore, Maryland post office, 1903 |
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| St Paul, Minnesota old post office, 1905 |
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| Buffalo, New York post office, circa 1900-06 |
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| Chicago post office, Illinois, 1906 |
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| Minneapolis Post Office, Minnesota, 1908 |
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| Chestnut Street and post office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1900s |
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| City Hall Station Post Office, New York, circa 1900s |
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| Custom House and Post Office, Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1900s |
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| Post Office and Custom House, Duluth, Minnesota, circa 1900s |
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| Post office building with clocktower in Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Albany, New York, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Augusta, Georgia, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1900s |
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| Post Office, New York City, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Port Huron, Michigan, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Saginaw, Michigan, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Scranton, Pennsylvania, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Toledo, Ohio, circa 1900s |
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| Post office, Troy, New York, circa 1900s |