Elkin, NC, US Post Office

Collection

Middle District of North Carolina

Dublin Core

Title

Elkin, NC, US Post Office

Subject

The United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Post office buildings

Description

U.S. Post Office, Elkin, N.C. No. E-1. No. E-4957. Built between 1937 and 1938. The post office which was occupied on April 7, 1938 was built with federal funds as part of the post-Depression recovery. Federal architect Louis A. Simon and engineer Neal A. Melick supervised construction. The exterior of the building is of modernized Colonial Revival design. The lobby has a low relief sculptural panel of a herd of elk. It remains a post office today. It is located at 213 W. Main Street in Surry County at the confluence of the Yadkin River and Elkin Creek.

Publisher

Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C.

Rights

No copyright issues

Type

Image; Photo

Identifier

a24740

610

GSA PC 305

Coverage

1930-1945

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