United States Post Office (Boone, North Carolina)

US Post Office-Boone
US Post Office Boone, July 2010
United States Post Office (Boone, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
United States Post Office (Boone, North Carolina)
United States Post Office (Boone, North Carolina) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Boone, North Carolina)
Location679 W. King St., Boone, North Carolina
Coordinates36°13′11″N 81°41′10″W / 36.21972°N 81.68611°W / 36.21972; -81.68611
Arealess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.95001521[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 1996

US Post Office-Boone is a historic post office building located at Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon and built in 1938. It is a steel framed stone building on a raised stone foundation in the Colonial Revival style. It consists of a five bay by two bay main block with a three bay service block. The building features Doric order pilasters at the entry and an octagonal lantern on the roof ridge with paired Tuscan order columns.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Kaye Reynolds Edmisten (August 1995). "US Post Office-Boone" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.


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