National and State Register

U.S. Post Office / Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building / U.S. Courthouse

Mesa County

The three-story Italian Renaissance Revival style building was constructed as a post office in 1918.  James A. Wetmore served as the supervisory architect.  The walls are of Indiana limestone, and the tall first floor windows are set in rounded arches.

A black and white view of the building with arcade on the ground floor beneath two floors of windows.

U.S. Post Office / Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building / U.S. Courthouse (1979 photograph.)

A 1940 addition extends from the rear of the building.  In 1972, Congress renamed the building in honor of Wayne N. Aspinall who had a distinguished career as a U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1949 to 1973.