Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 75002043 Added to NRHP 23 December 1975 People also search for Post Office | Built 1911-1913 VLR # 101-0004 Architect James Knox Taylor | |
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Location 322 Wood Ave. E.
Big Stone Gap, Virginia Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival | ||
The C. Bascom Slemp Federal Building, also known as the Big Stone Gap Post Office and U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, is a historic courthouse and post office building located in Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James Knox Taylor and built between 1911 and 1913. It is a three-story, seven bay, stone building with a low hipped roof in the Second Renaissance Revival style. The front facade features a three bay Tuscan order portico consisting of four pairs of coupled, unfluted columns. The building is named for Congressman C. Bascom Slemp.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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United States Post Office and Courthouse (Big Stone Gap, Virginia) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA