406 Mosley St.
                                    Wilmington, NC  20405
                                    April 20, 1994


Marsha Scott
Deputy    Illegible  to the President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC  20007

Ms. Scott:

   March 8, 1994, you mailed a letter to me informing me of 
your intention to forward my concerns over the inaccessibility of
the handicapped to the main Post Office in Wilmington to the 
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. As we
have been in constant contact with ATCB for over a year, we felt 
that was would not help.

   Cathy Johnson once again called with same news. There is 
nothing they can do. Since this issue is too important to the
more than 3,000 handicapped citizens in our area, it is mandatory
that we continue to press the issue.

   Cathy mailed us two pamphlets concerning the ADA and Historic 
Buildings. Granted, the Post Office was built in 1937,
but this is a FEDERAL building. According to Architects: John
B.G. Seimen, Sharon C. Park and Thomas C. Jeter, in the U.S.
Department of Interior, National Park Service Cultural Resources,
Preservation Assistance - November - December 1992 Pamphlet.
"Historic buildings and sites are irreplaceable and require
special stewardship to ensure that they will be preserved to the
maximum extent possible. By the same measure, accessibility is a
Civil Right for all persons and we must strive to make all 
existing buildings accessible.

   It is just inconceivable, morally and ethically wrong that a 
Federal building would be able to circumvent the ADA and not
provide this needed service for the elderly, disabled and 
handicapped or more than 3,00 in the area.













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     There are ways to make this building accessible without a 
great deal of expense while not compromising the aesthetics and 
historic significance. There is, I am positive, a way to 
accomplish this and by God, I will not stop trying to find it. 


   If the Federal Government doesn't have to make its buildings 
accessible, then ADA really doesn't mean a lot, does it?  I will
not stop trying to solve this problem!!!


                                         Sincerely, 



                                      Margaret S. Rogers

                                        (910) 762-0242

                                       CAPE FEAR CHAPTER

     NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, INC.



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