Old Clovis Post Office
Appearance
Old Clovis Post Office | |
Location | 4th and Mitchell Sts., Clovis, New Mexico |
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Coordinates | 34°24′10″N 103°12′59″W / 34.40278°N 103.21639°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1931 |
Architect | Louis Simon, J.A. Wetmore |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Mission/spanish Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 84000573[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 27, 1984 |
The Old Clovis Post Office at 4th and Mitchell Sts. in Clovis, New Mexico is a former post office built in 1931. It includes elements of Classical Revival and Mission/Spanish Revival architecture. It has also served as the Clovis-Carver Public Library.[1]
It is a two-story building with a hipped and flat roof, built on an ashlar sandstone basement. It has various tan shades of brick in its walls and its roof is light-brown and orange tile.[2]
The building is significant as a public works project during the Great Depression.[2]
It was built in the same year as the Hotel Clovis,[2] which is also NRHP-listed.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c David Kammer; Chris Wilson (October 1, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Clovis Post Office / Clovis-Carver Public Library". National Park Service. Retrieved September 22, 2017. With five photos from 1984.
Categories:
- National Register of Historic Places in Curry County, New Mexico
- Neoclassical architecture in New Mexico
- Mission Revival architecture in New Mexico
- Government buildings completed in 1931
- Clovis, New Mexico
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
- New Mexico Registered Historic Place stubs