80401 - Golden, Colorado

     Address:     619 12th Street

                        Golden, Colorado 80401

     Visited:      December 15, 2019 & October 17, 2020

"Building the New Road"

by Kenneth Evett

1940

Cornerstone

               619 12th Street                                                         State No. 5JF334

               Golden's first post office building was built in 1940 by the

               Works Progress Administration and sponsored by the Public

               Building Administration of the Federal Works Agency. Designed

               by postal service master architect Louis A. Simon, it is

               representative of a design used for post offices throughout

               the west during the late 1930s. The entrance was remodeled in

               1959 by enclosing the double doorway and adding two globe lamps

               on each side.  The interior mural, painted by Kenneth Evett of

               Colorado Springs, is entitled "Building the New Road" depicting

               the construction of a new highway up Clear Creek Canyon. 

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