The United States Post Office in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is an historic, American post office building.
United States Post Office, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |
Location | 50 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°2′26″N 76°18′28″W / 40.04056°N 76.30778°W |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
Built | 1928–1930 |
Architect | Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore, Algernon Blair |
Architectural style | Moderne, Beaux Arts Classicism |
NRHP reference No. | 81000545[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 23, 1981 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
History and architectural features edit
Built between 1928 and 1930, this historic structure was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Acting Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore. It is a two-story, fifteen-bay-wide building with a high basement and attic and a slate-covered mansard roof. It is faced in Indiana limestone and features a balustrade and parapet at the roofline. It has a one-story rear wing. The front elevation has eleven bays separated by two-story, Tuscan order pilasters. It is an example of Beaux-Arts-style architecture with Moderne influences. The site was previously the location of the Lancasterian School and a Moravian graveyard.[2] The building is now a corporate headquarters for Auntie Anne's.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John J. Snyder, Jr. (July 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: U.S. Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-25.