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U.S. Post Office, Customs House & Courthouse, Public Square, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

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Significance: Designed by Arnold W. Brunner of New York and built in 1905, the granite building features giant colonnades of attached Corinthian columns between end pavilions which are surmounted by sculptured cartouches of shields and eagles with outspread wings. On the Superior Avenue side of the building are two free-standing sculptures by Daniel Chester French entitled "Jurisprudence" and "Commerce."

Survey number: HABS OH-2121

Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction

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1910 - 1980
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
French, Daniel Chester
Brunner, Arnold W
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cleveland ,  41.50032, -81.69428
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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