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The custom house was completed in [[1854]] for a cost of $60,000, which was considered high at the time. It was three stories tall, of wood construction, with a covered wrap-around balcony on the second floor. (Another balcony and roof was added to the third floor by [[1877]].)
The building was destroyed in an the [[1880 fire|great fire]] of [[December 11]], [[1880]] fire.
[[Category:Palafox Street buildings]]
[[Category:Demolished structures]]
[[Category:Federal government buildings]]