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Little Post Office

Coordinates: 36°41′5″N 79°51′57″W / 36.68472°N 79.86583°W / 36.68472; -79.86583
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Little Post Office
The Little Post Office, May 2010
Little Post Office is located in Virginia
Little Post Office
Little Post Office is located in the United States
Little Post Office
Location207 Starling Ave., Martinsville, Virginia
Coordinates36°41′5″N 79°51′57″W / 36.68472°N 79.86583°W / 36.68472; -79.86583
Area2.4 acres (0.97 ha)
Built1893 (1893)
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.97000150[1]
VLR No.120-0047
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1997
Designated VLRDecember 4, 1996[2]

Little Post Office is a historic post office building located at Martinsville, Virginia. It was built in 1893, and is a small one-story, gable front brick building with a frame rear extension. The exterior and one-room interior of the building are detailed in the Queen Anne style. It was used as a contract post office by star route mail delivery supervisor John B. Anglin from 1893 to 1917.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1] It is located in the East Church Street-Starling Avenue Historic District. It is now part of an art installation of the Piedmont Arts Association.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (July 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Little Post Office" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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