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US Post Office & Federal Building with Dome

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $6.95

Stock #:1147872
Type: Postcard
City: Chicago
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Cook
Publisher: Max Rigot Selling Co.
Condition: Fair
Postmark: 1916 Apr-04
Postmark City: Chicago
Postmark State: IL
Stamp: 1c Washington
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Publisher's Series #: R-50201
Recipient Address:Mrs E Hibberd
Horse Heads, NY

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The building occupies a full city square bounded by Clark, Adams, Dearborn, and Jackson Streets. Construction commenced in 1897, completed 1905; cost $4,757,000. It is 311 by 386 feet, containing 150,000 square feet in its basement. The main building is eight stories high and the dome section contains eight more stories, making sixteen in all. The total height is 297 feet, with a foundation depth of 70 feet.

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