Built 1936 Opened 1936 Added to NRHP 23 September 1988 | NRHP Reference # 88001594 Area 3,200 m² Architect Louis A. Simon | |
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Location 430 S. Spring St., Burlington, North Carolina Architectural styles Neoclassical architecture, Streamline Moderne Similar US Post Office‑Lancaster, US Post Office‑Long Beach M, US Post Office‑Honeoye Falls, Ford House Office Bui, US Post Office‑Dolgeville | ||
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.
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.
Since November 3, 1987, the building has been owned by Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.
On September 23, 1988, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is located in the Downtown Burlington Historic District.