When it comes to the downtown post office, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, that would likely entail such stipulations as forbiding a new owner from doing something like painting over the Morris murals that were installed in the post office lobby in 1943, or removing the tile floors or marble
wainscotting.
This classic five-story row-house contains six spacious, high-ceilinged units, many of which still have their original paneling,
wainscotting, mahogany pocket doors, molded plaster ceilings, and crown moldings.
Panels consist of plain sliced red oak veneers laminated to a machined MDF substrate for cabinet door insert panels or
wainscotting panels.
James Colville is the most frequent signatory to the 4,000- [Pounds] 5,000 [Pounds] (possibly 5 million [Pounds] in contemporary terms) spent between 1534 and 1536 in creating magnificent and innovative new apartments, together with an outer forework, paved causeway, brilliantly gilt carvings, stained glass, fountain, painted walls,
wainscotting and wrought iron.
Inside the post office lobby, Carter noted the terrazzo floors, black and white marble
wainscotting on the walls and a decorative coved plaster ceiling.
The residence is accented by a magnificent crystal chandelier, custom
wainscotting and a grand circular staircase.
They instead wanted to use the trees in homes: for
wainscotting, paneling, clapboards, furniture and other wooden products of the day, Clark related.
Inside are terrazzo floors and marble
wainscotting. The architecture projects solidity and authority; the adornments are subtle and functional.