Beverly Hills Main Post Office
The old Beverly Hills Main Post Office is a Renaissance Revival building at the Beverly Hills Civic Center in Beverly Hills, California. The building has carried the addresses 469 North Crescent Drive and 470 North Canon Drive. It was built as the main post office in the 1930s, remaining a post office until the 1990s, and in the 2010s became the Paula Kent Meehan Historic Building of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
Paula Kent Meehan Historic Building | |
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in 2015, as an arts center | |
Former names | Beverly Hills Main Post Office |
General information | |
Architectural style | Italian Renaissance Revival |
Address | 469 N. Crescent Dr. |
Town or city | Beverly Hills, California |
Country | USA |
Current tenants | Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts |
Opened | April 28, 1934: B7 |
Cost | $300,000: B6 |
Landlord | City of Beverly Hills |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Ralph C. Frewelling and Allison & Allison: B6 |
Engineer | C.A. Sanborn: B9 |
Main contractor | Sarver and Zoss |
U.S. Post Office - Beverly Hills Main Post Office | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
in 2007, with old sign still intact | |
Location in the Los Angeles metro | |
Coordinates | 34°4′21″N 118°23′6″W |
NRHP reference No. | 85000126 |
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