The William M. Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse is a historic government building built in

Tyler, Texas Tyler, officially the City of Tyler, is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, United States. As of 2020, the population is 105,995. Tyler was the List of municipalities in Texas, 38th most populous city in Texas (as well as the m ...

. It was built during 1933–1934 in a restrained

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style. It served historically as a courthouse, post office, and a government office building. The building was listed on the

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in 2001 as the Tyler US Post Office and Courthouse. It was designed by local architect

Shirley Simons Thomas Shirley Simons, Sr. (March 12, 1897 – August 1, 1963), commonly known as Shirley Simons was a prominent architect of Tyler, Texas. He was born in 1897 at Taylor, Texas, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. He graduated from Rice Insti ...

with supervision by the

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under James A. Wetmore. Its materials include a dark gray mottled granite on the ground floor, light buff limestone cladding the first floor, salmon-colored brick on the second and third floors. Acroterions appear at each corner of a

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/brea ...

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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Neoclassical architecture in Texas Government buildings completed in 1934 Buildings and structures in Tyler, Texas Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Courthouses in Texas National Register of Historic Places in Smith County, Texas 1934 establishments in Texas United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas {{SmithCountyTX-NRHP-stub

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