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Description
This 1961 photograph takes in three venerable examples of mid-to-late nineteenth century Sacramento architecture; left to right, the Golden Eagle Hotel, built between 1853 and 1860, the Post Office, built between 1890 and 1894, and the Ochsner Building, built in 1904. The opening of the Post Office and Federal Building in February 1894 attracted, according to the Sacramento Union, between 8,000 and 10,000 residents. The 300,000 dollar structure - reaching some 114 feet in height - was designed by architect James Seadler while the exterior work was contracted to Sacramento's Harvie and Kreuzberger and the interior to Sacramento's Silas Carle. One of the tenants, the National Weather Service, utilized the building's tower for its measuring instruments.
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