United States Post Office (Mount Olive, North Carolina)
US Post Office, Former | |
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| Location | 124 W. James St., Mount Olive, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°11′50″N 78°4′1″W / 35.19722°N 78.06694°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1931-1933 |
| Built by | General Engineering Corporation |
| Architect | Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000670[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 2, 1995 |
The former United States Post Office is a historic post office building located at Mount Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore and built in 1931–1933. It is a two-story, seven-bay, T-shaped, brick building in the Classical Revival style. The central five bays of the front facade features a colonnade of six unfluted Roman Ionic order columns in antis. The building has been converted to office space.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1] It is located in the Mount Olive Historic District.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Black & Black and Joyce J. Rice (March 1995). "US Post Office, Former (Former)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
Categories:
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Government buildings completed in 1933
- Buildings and structures in Wayne County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, North Carolina
- Historic district contributing properties in North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs