United States Post Office (Wadesboro, North Carolina)

United States Post Office is a historic post office building located at Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect and built in 1932–1933. It is a two-story rectangular building of cream brick with limestone trim in a Classical / Colonial Revival style. Five central bays of the front facade make up a slightly projecting frontispiece defined by an arcade of six colossal stone pilasters with Greek corinthian order capitals.[2]

US Post Office
U.S. Post Office, March 2007
Location105-111 Martin St., Wadesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates34°58′37″N 80°4′36″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1932 (1932)-1933
ArchitectSupervising Architect's Office
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.87001161[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 6, 1987

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1] It is located in the Wadesboro Downtown Historic District.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. David R. Black (August 1986). "United States Post Office" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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