United States Post Office (Mount Olive, North Carolina)

The former United States Post Office is a historic post office building located at Mount Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore and built in 1931–1933. It is a two-story, seven-bay, T-shaped, brick building in the Classical Revival style. The central five bays of the front facade features a colonnade of six unfluted Roman Ionic order columns in antis. The building has been converted to office space.[2]

US Post Office, Former
United States Post Office (Mount Olive, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
United States Post Office (Mount Olive, North Carolina)
United States Post Office (Mount Olive, North Carolina) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Mount Olive, North Carolina)
Location124 W. James St., Mount Olive, North Carolina
Coordinates35°11′50″N 78°4′1″W / 35.19722°N 78.06694°W / 35.19722; -78.06694
Arealess than one acre
Built1931 (1931)-1933
Built byGeneral Engineering Corporation
ArchitectOffice of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.95000670[1]
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1995

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1] It is located in the Mount Olive Historic District.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Black & Black and Joyce J. Rice (March 1995). "US Post Office, Former (Former)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.