United States Post Office (Wadesboro, North Carolina) Explained

US Post Office
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:105-111 Martin St., Wadesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates:34.9769°N -80.0767°W
Built:-1933
Architect:Supervising Architect's Office
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
Added:July 6, 1987
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:87001161

United States Post Office is a historic post office building located at Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect and built in 1932–1933. It is a two-story rectangular building of cream brick with limestone trim in a Classical / Colonial Revival style. Five central bays of the front facade make up a slightly projecting frontispiece defined by an arcade of six colossal stone pilasters with Greek corinthian order capitals.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It is located in the Wadesboro Downtown Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David R. Black. United States Post Office . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1986. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.