US Post Office & Courthouse - Pendleton, Oregon - Oregon Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

US Post Office & Courthouse - Pendleton, Oregon

This brick building was constructed in 1916 by the Federal Government and has been in continuous use as a Post Office and Courthouse since that time. The structure was dedicated as the John F. Kilkenny United States Courthouse and Post Office on October 17, 1984 for the noted Pendleton lawyer and longtime Federal District and Circuit Court Judge. Typical of many civic projects of the time, the building was designed in the American Renaissance style. The first story of the building visually provides a heavy base for the upper stories, the brick wall surfaces deeply textured to suggest stone. Shallow pilasters with stone bases and capitals at the two upper stories suggesting classical columns, the round arched openings on the building façade, and the balustrade at the parapet level are all characteristic of the style.

The symmetry and classical elements of the style create a feeling on monumentality and permanence appropriate to civic structures. The confidence in the government inspired by public buildings of this type must have seemed particularly important at a time devoted almost entirely to the developments of the First World War.

Historic Topic: Modern Age 1900 to date Group Responsible for placement: City Government Marker Type: City Region: Eastern Oregon County: Umatilla Web link to additional information: [Web Link] State of Oregon Historical Marker "Beaver Board": Not listed

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