DeSoto Post Office, Memphis

Creators

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Source Collection

Alan Karchmer collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

17_8.B

Description

DeSoto Post Office, 2nd & Calhoun, Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1924. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.

Welcome as they are today for their seemingly handcrafted grandeur, buildings of the Beaux Arts Style were a giant step backward in the evolution of Modern Architecture. Reacting against the severity of early modern and commercial styles, and to industrialized building in general, these structures, with their monumental steps, paired columns, and intricate sculptural adornments were strictly symmetrical with clearly elaborated parts ... a scholarly eclectic assemblage of architectural antiquity.

Date Created

2021

Date

undated

Recommended Citation

"DeSoto Post Office, Memphis" (2021). Images. 28.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-karchmera2/28