United States Post Office (Burlington, North Carolina)

	US Post Office
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Location	430 S. Spring St., Burlington, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°5′31″N 79°26′26″W / 36.09194°N 79.44056°W
Area	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built	1936
Architect	Louis A. Simon; R. Stanley Brown
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Moderne
NRHP reference No.	88001594
Added to NRHP	September 23, 1988

The former US Post Office, also known as the US Post Office/Federal Building, is an historic red brick post office building located at 430 South Spring Street in downtown Burlington, North Carolina. Built in 1936, it was designed in a mixture of the Classical Revival and Moderne or Art Deco styles by architect R. Stanley Brown who worked under Louis A. Simon, head of the Office of the Supervising Architect.^[1]^[2]

In the building's lobby are two wall murals by WPA artist Arthur L. Bairnsfather, which commemorate Burlington's history as a textile manufacturing center.^[3]

Since November 3, 1987, the building has been owned by Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.^[4]

On September 23, 1988, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1] It is located in the Downtown Burlington Historic District.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Richard Mattson (March 1988). "United States Post Office" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
^ Downton Burlington Walking Tour
^ Alamance County Tax Records for 430 S Spring St

External links[edit]

Vintage Postcard – United States Post Office, Burlington, N.C.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv-2] Richard Mattson (March 1988). "United States Post Office" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

[3] Downton Burlington Walking Tour

[4] Alamance County Tax Records for 430 S Spring St

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