United_States_Post_Office_(Burlington,_North_Carolina)

United States Post Office (Burlington, North Carolina)

United States Post Office (Burlington, North Carolina)

United States historic place

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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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

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    Downton Burlington Walking Tour
  4. [4]
    Alamance County Tax Records for 430 S Spring St


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