Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse
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| name = U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
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| image = Mob Museum.jpg
| caption = Street view of the building
| location = 300 E. Stewart Ave.
Las Vegas, Nevada
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| built =1931-1933
| architect = Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore
| architecture = Classical Revival
| added = February 10, 1983
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| refnum = 83001108{{NRISref|2010a}}
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Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse is a Neo-classical building located in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. It is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.
History
The building was erected between 1931 and 1933, dedicated on November 11, 1933. It served as a post office, and as a court house of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1983.{{Cite web |last=Steele |first=James |last2=Nevada |first2=University of |last3=Vegas |first3=Las |title=The Las Vegas Courthouse and Post Office |url=https://www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/27 |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=Intermountain Histories |language=en-US}} The building remained an active post office for several more years.
Control of the building was turned over to the city in 2002 for use as a museum and cultural center.
Mob Museum
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The building was restored and renovated into the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement in February 2012.
Sources
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060322072053/http://w3.gsa.gov/web/p/interaia_save.nsf/0/3f375c9614703385852565d90053a009?OpenDocument Historic Federal Building web site]
References
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External links
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- [http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/buildings/lasvegaspostoffice.html Las Vegas Downtown Post Office (from the UNLV Architecture Studies Library)]
- {{HABS |survey=NV-39 |id=nv0355 |title=United States Post Office & Court House, 300 East Steward Avenue, Las Vegas, Clark County, NV |photos=54 |cap=10}}
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{{Nevada State Historic Places/Clark}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Las Vegas
Category:Courthouses in Nevada
Category:Post office buildings in Nevada
Category:Government buildings completed in 1933
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Las Vegas
Category:Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
Category:Nevada State Register of Historic Places
Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Nevada