United States Post Office (Boone, North Carolina) Explained

US Post Office-Boone
Location:679 W. King St., Boone, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.2197°N -81.6861°W
Architect:Simon, Louis A.
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:January 11, 1996
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:95001521

US Post Office-Boone is a historic post office building located at Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon and built in 1938. It is a steel framed stone building on a raised stone foundation in the Colonial Revival style. It consists of a five bay by two bay main block with a three bay service block. The building features Doric order pilasters at the entry and an octagonal lantern on the roof ridge with paired Tuscan order columns.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kaye Reynolds Edmisten. US Post Office-Boone . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1995. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-07-01.