United States Post Office and Federal Building (Rockingham, North Carolina)


U. S. Post Office and Federal Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U. S. Post Office and Federal Building, September 2014
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Location	125 S. Hancock St., Rockingham, North Carolina
Coordinates	34°56′10″N 79°46′23″W / 34.93611°N 79.77306°W / 34.93611; -79.77306Coordinates: 34°56′10″N 79°46′23″W / 34.93611°N 79.77306°W / 34.93611; -79.77306
Area	less than one acre
Built	1935 (1935)-1936
Built by	Blaire, A. Farnell
Architect	Simon, Louis A.
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	Rockingham MRA
NRHP Reference #	83001908^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1983

U. S. Post Office and Federal Building is a historic post office building located at Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon and built in 1935-1936. It is a two-story, five bay, yellow brick veneer building in the Art Deco style. It features a 1937 Works Progress Administration mural titled "Human Aspects of the Postal Service" ·by artist Edward Lanning in the front lobby. The building was occupied by the Rockingham Post Office until 1977 when it was purchased by Richmond County from the United States Postal Service.^[2]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Heather M. Hal1enberg (May 1981). "U. S. Post Office and Federal Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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