Lewis F. Powell, Junior United States Courthouse Annex
Formerly: United States Parcel Post Building Built: 1929 Designed by: Marcellus Eugene Wright, Senior Type: Government Building Stories: 6 Location: 1100 East Main Street, Richmond, United States
Description by National Park Service T he United States Parcel Post building at 1100 East Main Street was designed in 1929 by architect Marcellus Eugene Wright, Sr. (1881-1962) in association with the Richmond architectural firm Lee & Smith & Van der Voort. This is a six-story, five-bay, Egyptian Revival-style government building. On the first story, the large windows have limestone lintels with carved hieroglyphics. Over the doors, the lintels are decorated with sunburst shapes, stylized eagles, and rectilinear forms. Above the first story, chiseled into the façade is a sign that reads “United States Parcel Post.” There is a limestone stringcourse, carved with eagles and interlaced decorations, that forms the lintel above the fifth-story windows. At the sixth story, carved limestone panels with cartouches flank the center bay.
