United States Post Office (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Explained

United States Post Office, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Location:50 W. Chestnut St.,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.0406°N -76.3078°W
Built:1928–1930
Architect:Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore, Algernon Blair
Architecture:Moderne, Beaux Arts Classicism
Added:July 23, 1981
Refnum:81000545

The United States Post Office in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is an historic, American post office building.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

History and architectural features

Built between 1928 and 1930, this historic structure was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Acting Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore. It is a two-story, fifteen-bay-wide building with a high basement and attic and a slate-covered mansard roof. It is faced in Indiana limestone and features a balustrade and parapet at the roofline. It has a one-story rear wing. The front elevation has eleven bays separated by two-story, Tuscan order pilasters. It is an example of Beaux-Arts-style architecture with Moderne influences. The site was previously the location of the Lancasterian School and a Moravian graveyard.[1] The building is now a corporate headquarters for Auntie Anne's.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania . CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System . Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H00106201H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: U.S. Post Office ]. 2012-02-25 . John J. Snyder, Jr. . PDF . July 1980.