House Document 788 (February 27 ,1931) authorisedĪnd appropriated $140,000 for the Anaconda building under the House Document 613 of the 70thĬongress (February 26, 1929) finally authorized $95,000 for a post office in Anaconda pursuant to the expanded Public Buildings Act No appropriation was made and several years of lobbying byĪnaconda civic groups ensued. Providing for a $125,000 federal building in Anaconda. Post office had been first considered in 1914, and in 1915 The possibility of a federally constructed Programs of the pre-1920s, was the next Montana city to receive aįederal building. Smelting center, and Montana's fifth largest city, had been bypassed.Īnaconda, along with the booming agricultural centers of HavreĪnd Lewistown, would have to wait until the 1930s before receivingĪnaconda, which had been omitted from the public building Montana's major cities now hadįederal buildings. Post office completed in Montana prior to the 1930s opened itsĭoors in Kalispell in 1918. Miles City Post Office was completed in 1916, and the last The Livingston and Billings post offices were completed in 1914. Wall and window as by vestigial columns". a gaunt, underfed, 'starved'Ĭlassicism, denoted as much by white masonry and the rhythm of Was derived from the Classical but stripped and simplified to The Arts, in describing the "modern" architectural style that The Federal Architecture Project for the National Endowment of The term starved classicism was used by Louis Craig, Director of The ornament that was used often owed a stylistic debt to the Speed construction eliminated or reduced ornament to a minimum. Starved Classicism, in an effort to reduce costs and These buildings remain symmetrical the primary shift is in the It is a direct descendant of the Supervising Architect'sĮarlier Beaux-Arts-inspired buildings. It is still in use and probably will remain so for many more years.Īlso referred to as PWA Moderne by some writers, this was theĭominant mode of government construction during the 1930s and On Main Street in downtown Anaconda, this 1930s era post office is at number 218.
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