US Post Office-Valley City
National Register of Historic Places

US Post Office-Valley City

Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota
Listed
November 1, 1989
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
89001758

About this property

The Valley City Post Office, in Valley City, North Dakota, was designed in 1915 and built during 1916–17. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as U.S. Post Office-Valley City. Its Classical Revival design is credited to the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore, and designed "in the spirit" of James Knox Taylor. It was built when post office designs were just beginning to be standardized, but shows individuality and does not follow any of the standardized plans that were adopted in 1915 at the national level. In fact, according to its NRHP nomination, it "was one of the last designs of its kind, and harks back to an earlier era when federal buildings were monolithic, imposing, costly, and built according to Beaux Arts principles of massing." It was described in a local newspaper account in 1916 as "'much more pretentious than most of the federal buildings that are being erected throughout the west when the size of the cities are taken into consideration'".

Location

149 NE. Third St.
Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota
46.92556, -98.00167

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTECONOMICSPOLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Valley City Carnegie Library
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All Saints' Episcopal Church
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Barnes County Courthouse
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Valley City Municipal Auditorium
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When was US Post Office-Valley City listed on the National Register?

US Post Office-Valley City was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 1989.

What type of historic resource is US Post Office-Valley City?

US Post Office-Valley City is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for US Post Office-Valley City?

The period of significance for US Post Office-Valley City is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1915.

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