United States Post Office (Champaign, Illinois)

U.S. Post Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Randolph and Church Sts., Champaign, Illinois
Coordinates	40°7′7″N 88°14′44″W / 40.11861°N 88.24556°W / 40.11861; -88.24556Coordinates: 40°7′7″N 88°14′44″W / 40.11861°N 88.24556°W / 40.11861; -88.24556
Area	less than one acre
Built	1905
Architect	Taylor,James Knox
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference #	76000684 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 17, 1976

The U.S. Post Office, now known as the Springer Cultural Center, is a historic government building located at Randolph and Church Streets in Champaign, Illinois. Built in 1905, the building originally served as Champaign's post office. The office of Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor designed the Beaux-Arts building. The brick building features extensive limestone and terra cotta ornamentation. The front facade has four pairs of Ionic pilasters separating the entrance and two sets of windows. A frieze reading "UNITED STATES POST OFFICE" and a dentillated cornice run above the pilasters. A balustrade runs along the front edge of the roof; a large scrolled cartouche marks the center of the balustrade. In 1966, the post office was converted to a federal building.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

It was deeded to the Champaign Park District in 1991.^[3]

References

City of Champaign
People	List of people from Champaign
History and government	Burnham Athenaeum Cattle Bank Champaign City Building Champaign Public Library Construction of Assembly Hall First Presbyterian Church Illinois Traction Building Inman Hotel Lincoln Building Orpheum Theatre Stone Arch Bridge U.S. Post Office Vriner's Confectionery
Education	Centennial High School Champaign Central High School Judah Christian School St. Thomas More High School Parkland College University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Cultural places and events	Boneyard Creek Campustown Champaign Park District Centennial Park Dodds Park Champaign Swarm (MPBA) Ebertfest: Roger Ebert's Film Festival Illinois Marathon JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana Krannert Art Museum Market Place Mall Orpheum Children's Science Museum Staerkel Planetarium State Farm Center Virginia Theatre The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Public transportation	Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District Illinois Terminal University of Illinois Willard Airport
Interstates and highways	Interstate 57 Interstate 72 Interstate 74 U.S. Route 45 U.S. Route 150 Illinois Route 10
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