US Post Office-Boone
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US Post Office-Boone is a historic post office building located at Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon and built in 1938. The post office was built by the Works Progress Administration as a part of the New Deal. It is a steel framed stone building on a raised native stone foundation in the Colonial Revival style. It consists of a five bay by two bay main block with a three bay service block. The building features Doric order pilasters at the entry and an octagonal lantern on the roof ridge with paired Tuscan order columns. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The U.S. Postal Service began taking steps toward selling the Boone Post Office in 2008. As the Postal Service was going through the clearance process to sell a historic building from the North Carolina State Preservation Office, Boone locals gathered to stop the sale and acquisition by a Colorado Asset Management company. The Town of Boone purchased the Boone Post Office from the Postal Service in 2009 for $1.25 million, with a 20 year lease. The Town of Boone continued to renovate the property up until 2013, removing lead paint and asbestos and keeping the original native stone safe.
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Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).
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When was US Post Office-Boone listed on the National Register?
US Post Office-Boone was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1996.
What type of historic resource is US Post Office-Boone?
US Post Office-Boone is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for US Post Office-Boone is recorded as the industrial era.
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