United States Post Office (Mount Olive, North Carolina) Explained

US Post Office, Former
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:124 W. James St., Mount Olive, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.1972°N -78.0669°W
Built:-1933
Architect:Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore
Builder:General Engineering Corporation
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:June 2, 1995
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:95000670

The former United States Post Office 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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It is located in the Mount Olive Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Black & Black and Joyce J. Rice. US Post Office, Former (Former) . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . March 1995. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-07-01.