Six large stone pillars front the U.S. Post Office, Courthouse, and Customhouse on Rodney Square. This three-story, cut stone structure was designed by the Associated Federal Architects in 1933–1935 and built by Irwin & Leighton, completed in 1937 at 11th and Market Streets on Rodney Square in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It wears the Classical Revival style you see in its six large stone pillars across the main entrance.
The interior lobby features Art Moderne style details, and the building’s gross area is 104,669 square feet. Over the years it has served as a post office, courthouse, and custom house; today it is the headquarters of Wilmington Trust. Its civic significance was recognized when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1979, and later designated a contributing property of the Rodney Square Historic District on March 24, 2017.
Picture the architects at work in 1933, and follow the six stone pillars up and out across Rodney Square.