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US POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE BUILDING RESTORATION

Dallas

Historic 1931 Federal building that was sold into private ownership, except that US Post Office retains ownership of most of the ground floor. Site of Sarah T. Hughes’ courtroom and the beginning of landmark Roe vs Wade. Site of Dallas’ Warren Commission meetings, Lee Harvey Oswald’s PO Box, and the trials of many of Bonnie and Clyde’s friends and family. Project called for restoration and adaptive reuse of Federal courtroom spaces, restoration of important public spaces and adaptive reuse of upper floors as apartments. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a City of Dallas Landmark.

2013

Preservation Honor Award 2014, Preservation Texas

Preservation Achievement Award 2012, Preservation Dallas

Historic Tax Credits

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