The former US Post Office, also known as the US Post Office/Federal Building, is an historic red brick post office building located at 430 South Spring Street in downtown Burlington, North Carolina. Built in 1936, it was designed in a mixture of the Classical Revival and Moderne or Art Deco styles by architect R. Stanley Brown who worked under Louis A. Simon, head of the Office of the Supervising Architect.[1][2]
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| Location | 430 S. Spring St., Burlington, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°5′31″N 79°26′26″W / 36.09194°N 79.44056°W |
| Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | Louis A. Simon; R. Stanley Brown |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Moderne |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001594[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 23, 1988 |
In the building's lobby are two wall murals by WPA artist Arthur L. Bairnsfather, which commemorate Burlington's history as a textile manufacturing center.[3]
Since November 3, 1987, the building has been owned by Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.[4]
On September 23, 1988, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1] It is located in the Downtown Burlington Historic District.
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Richard Mattson (March 1988). "United States Post Office" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ Downton Burlington Walking Tour
- ^ Alamance County Tax Records for 430 S Spring St
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