Central Post Office Building (Jerusalem)
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The Central post office building of Jerusalem is an architectural structure in Jaffa Street, Jerusalem.
The building was built as General Post Office during the British Mandate, one of three government buildings in this area. Construction was between 1934 and 1938 to the design of the main architect of the public works department of the British Mandate, Austen Harrison
. The total cost was £120,000 for the building to house the administrative and engineering staff of Palestine Post, Telegraph & Telephone, the Jerusalem central telephone exchange and the Jerusalerm post office. The ceremony at the ward building was held on 18 June 1938, in the presence of the High Commissioner and hundreds of guests. The building is typical of the 'Mandatory' style.
The building was built as General Post Office during the British Mandate, one of three government buildings in this area. Construction was between 1934 and 1938 to the design of the main architect of the public works department of the British Mandate, Austen Harrison
Austen Harrison
Austen St. Barbe Harrison was a British architect, whose works included Nuffield College, Oxford.-Life:Harrison was born in Kent in 1891. One of his ancestors was the renowned novelist Jane Austen for whom he was named. His upper middle-class family pushed him to pursue a career in the military...
. The total cost was £120,000 for the building to house the administrative and engineering staff of Palestine Post, Telegraph & Telephone, the Jerusalem central telephone exchange and the Jerusalerm post office. The ceremony at the ward building was held on 18 June 1938, in the presence of the High Commissioner and hundreds of guests. The building is typical of the 'Mandatory' style.
Sources
- Shepstone, Harold J.: The new G.P.O. in Jerusalem : marble palace for Palestine's mail ; 1938. In: Meccano Magazine. Vol. 23, 1938, no. 10, p.557. http://www.meccanoindex.co.uk/MMpage.php?MID=15425&id=1304848479 http://meccano.magazines.free.fr/img/1938/3810/38100557.jpg
