3033 Two Hundred Third Street Olympia Fields
Exact Construction Date: 1964
Date Research Source: Original blueprints courtesy of the US Post Office
Primary Materials: Brick
Architect | Builder: Edward L. Burch
Current Use: US Post Office
(at time of survey)
Building Classification: Building
Primary Type: Government
Sub Type: Post Office
Noteworthy Classification Features:
Brick single-story building with a side gable roof. The front façade is symmetrical with a center door and two double-hung windows on each side with stone sills. The corners are quoined with limestone square blocks. Above the door is a colonial-style lantern light fixture. The frieze has the words: United States Post Office Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461. On the center of the peaked roof is a cupola with metal compass. The octogonal cupola is painted to resemble gold and has painted blue louvers for ventilation. On the sides are security windows with fixed 2X6 panes of glass with stone sills. The rear windows are double hung, but the vertical mullions extend over the bottom window and are fixed for security. In the rear is a flat cantilevered awning.
Roof Form: Gable
Sign Type: 8" fixed projecting letters on building's frieze
Sign Materials: Prismatic roman bronze on wood fascia
Surveyors: Lauren May, John Smagner, Jessica Mavrogenes
Survey Date: 4/3/19
Noteworthy Site Features:
ADA accessible door replaced original entrance
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