United States Post Office, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |
 Old Post Office, April 2010 | |
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| 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 |
The United States Post Office in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is an historic, American post office building.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
History and architectural features
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
- 1 2 3 "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.
