Former United States Post Office (Smithfield, North Carolina)
US Post Office, Former | |
 US Post Office, Former, December 2014 | |
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| Location | 405 E. Market St., Smithfield, North Carolina |
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| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | U.S. Treasury |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000315[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 22, 1993 |
US Post Office, Former, also known as the Federal Building, is a historic post office building located at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect and built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration. It is a two-story, five bay, rectangular brick building in the Colonial Revival style. It consists of three distinct sections: the two-story front block; a one-story rectangular center block; and a two-level rear block. The front facade features fluted Ionic order pilasters rising to a frieze supporting a broken pediment. The building housed federal government offices until 1990. The building was renovated in 1991 to house law offices.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Davyd Foard Hood (December 1992). "US Post Office, Former" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- Works Progress Administration in North Carolina
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Colonial architecture in North Carolina
- Government buildings completed in 1936
- Buildings and structures in Johnston County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Johnston County, North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs