C. Bascom Slemp Federal Building Explained

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:October 21, 1975[1]
Designated Other1 Number:101-0004
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:322 Wood Ave. E.[2]
Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Coordinates:36.8664°N -82.775°W
Built:1911-1913
Architect:James Knox Taylor
Architecture:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival
Added:December 23, 1975
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:75002043

The C. Bascom Slemp Federal Building, also known as the Big Stone Gap Post Office and U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, is a historic courthouse and post office building located in Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James Knox Taylor and built between 1911 and 1913. It is a three-story, seven-bay, stone building with a low hipped roof in the Second Renaissance Revival style. The front facade features a three-bay Tuscan order portico consisting of four pairs of coupled, unfluted columns.[3] The building is named for Congressman C. Bascom Slemp.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 12, 2016.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: U.S. Post Office and Courthouse . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. September 1975 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo