United States Post Office (Lumberton, North Carolina)

US Post Office-Lumberton

Former US Post Office-Lumberton, December 2014
Location 606 N. Elm St., Lumberton, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°37′16″N 79°0′30″W / 34.62111°N 79.00833°W / 34.62111; -79.00833Coordinates: 34°37′16″N 79°0′30″W / 34.62111°N 79.00833°W / 34.62111; -79.00833
Area less than one acre
Built 1931 (1931)
Architect Wetmore, James A.
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference # 85000483[1]
Added to NRHP March 6, 1985

US Post Office-Lumberton, also known as the Lumberton N.C. Post Office, is a historic post office building located at Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore and built in 1931. It is a 1 1/2-story, Beaux Arts style brick building with a rear addition built in 1965.[2] It has been renovated and houses law offices.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. E. Virginia Oswald (May 1984). "US Post Office-Lumberton" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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