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United States Post Office and County Courthouse (Statesville, North Carolina)

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Built
  
1891 (1891)

Opened
  
1891

Added to NRHP
  
24 January 1974

NRHP Reference #
  
74001355

Area
  
4,000 m²

Architect
  
Willoughby J. Edbrooke

United States Post Office and County Courthouse (Statesville, North Carolina)

Location
  
227 S. Center St., Statesville, North Carolina

Architectural styles
  
Romanesque architecture, Richardsonian Romanesque

Similar
  
US Post Office and Courthouse‑Billings, Grand Island United St, US Post Office‑Camden Main, Old Waterville Post Office, Old Attleboro Post Office

The U.S. Post Office and County Courthouse, also known as Statesville City Hall, is a historic post office and courthouse building located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by Willoughby J. Edbrooke and built in 1891. It is a rectangular 2 1/2-story structure, seven bays wide, and three bays deep. It is constructed of red brick and sandstone. The building has a two-story corner tower, one-story entrance pavilion with central arched recessed entrance, and a tall hip roof.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is located in the Statesville Commercial Historic District.

References

United States Post Office and County Courthouse (Statesville, North Carolina) Wikipedia