United States Post Office (Mount Olive, North Carolina)

US Post Office, Former
Location 124 W. James St., Mount Olive, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°11′50″N 78°4′1″W / 35.19722°N 78.06694°W / 35.19722; -78.06694Coordinates: 35°11′50″N 78°4′1″W / 35.19722°N 78.06694°W / 35.19722; -78.06694
Area less than one acre
Built 1931 (1931)-1933
Built by General Engineering Corporation
Architect Wetmore, James A.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 95000670[1]
Added to NRHP June 2, 1995

US Post Office, Former 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

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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 2015-07-01.


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