John F. Kilkenny United States Post Office and Courthouse

The John F. Kilkenny United States Post Office and Courthouse, formerly the United States Post Office and Courthouse is a post office and a courthouse of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, located in Pendleton, Oregon. Completed in 1916 under the supervision of architect Oscar Wenderoth,^[1] the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[3] In 1984, the United States Congress renamed the building for John Kilkenny,^[4] a former judge of the District of Oregon and of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.


U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property


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Location	104 SW Dorion Avenue Pendleton, Oregon
Coordinates	45°40′16″N 118°47′17″W / 45.671002°N 118.788059°W / 45.671002; -118.788059
Area	0.72 acres (0.29 ha)^[1]
Built	1916
Architect	Oscar Wenderoth
Architectural style	Second Renaissance Revival^[1]
Part of	South Main Street Commercial Historic District^[2] (ID86003260)
MPS	Significant US Post Offices in Oregon 1900–1941 TR^[3]
NRHP reference No.	85000544
Added to NRHP	March 4, 1985

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Kolva, H. J. (August 31, 1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form for Federal Properties: U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Pendleton, Oregon (PDF), retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ Sargent, Gail (April 22, 1986), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: South Main Street Commercial Historic District (PDF), retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ ^a ^b National Park Service (March 15, 1985), Weekly announcement of National Register of Historic Places actions (PDF), p. 29, retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ H.R.5997 -- A bill to designate the United States Post Office and Courthouse in Pendleton, Oregon, as the "John F. Kilkenny United States Post Office and Courthouse".

Historic Federal Courthouses page from the Federal Judicial Center
National Register of Historic Places photographic file
Significant U.S. Post Offices In Oregon – 1900 to 1941 – Thematic Resources, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation
Media related to U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Pendleton, Oregon) at Wikimedia Commons

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