Location Information
(for the former U.S. Post Office and Courthouse)
Name:(former) U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
Address:820 Crawford Street
City/County:Vicksburg, Warren County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1935-37
Architectural Styles(s):Beaux Arts
No. of Stories:5
Registration Information
NR District Name:Uptown Vicksburg (1993)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:28
NR District Name:Uptown Vicksburg Amendment and Boundary Increase No. 2 (2020)
    NR Status:Previously Listed
    Element No.:31
Local Designation Information
Local District Name:Historic Vicksburg District
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Context/Comments
This large and imposing Classical Revival former governmental building was begun in 1935 and completed in 1937. It was designed by architect Claude Lindsley under the administration of of Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the Treasury from 1933 to 1939.

The building had been sold to private owners by 2007.

This building was listed as a contributing element (element #28) in the Uptown Vicksburg Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 19 August 1993, and it was more recently included as element #31 in the Uptown Vicksburg Amendment and Boundary Increase No. 2, which was added to the National Register on 4 February 2020.

It is included in the "Historic Vicksburg Walking Tour Guide" (#32, pp. 24, 25-26) and "Vicksburg, Town and Country (Images of America)" (2001) (p. 82).
Brief Description
A five-story, stuccoed, Classical Revival office building, facing north, with a flat roof. The first floor facade is scored to look like stone and has three sets of double bronze doors with fanlights and elaborate bronze entablatures and eight casement windows with transoms. The three entrances are recessed behind large arches. The second, third and fourth floors are separated from the fifth floor by a heavy cornice and from the first floor by a heavy belt course on which is inscribed "United States Post Office and Court House". The facade of these floors is broken by two recesses dominated by three-story Ionic columns and pilasters. The original lobby is intact.