United States Post Office (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

	United States Post Office, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Old Post Office, April 2010
Location	50 W. Chestnut St.,; Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°2′26″N 76°18′28″W / 40.04056°N 76.30778°W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1928–1930
Architect	Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore, Algernon Blair
Architectural style	Moderne, Beaux Arts Classicism
NRHP reference No.	81000545
Added to NRHP	July 23, 1981

The United States Post Office in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is an historic, American post office building.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.^[1]

History and architectural features[edit]

Built between 1928 and 1930, this historic structure was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Acting Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore. It is a two-story, fifteen-bay-wide building with a high basement and attic and a slate-covered mansard roof. It is faced in Indiana limestone and features a balustrade and parapet at the roofline. It has a one-story rear wing. The front elevation has eleven bays separated by two-story, Tuscan order pilasters. It is an example of Beaux-Arts-style architecture with Moderne influences. The site was previously the location of the Lancasterian School and a Moravian graveyard.^[2] The building is now a corporate headquarters for Auntie Anne's.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John J. Snyder, Jr. (July 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: U.S. Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-25.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John J. Snyder, Jr. (July 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: U.S. Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-25.

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