Former United States Post Office (Belmont, North Carolina)


Former U.S. Post Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
The building in September 2012
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Location	115 N. Main Street, Belmont, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°14′37″N 81°2′18″W / 35.24361°N 81.03833°W / 35.24361; -81.03833Coordinates: 35°14′37″N 81°2′18″W / 35.24361°N 81.03833°W / 35.24361; -81.03833
Area	less than one acre
Built	1939 (1939)
Architect	Louis A. Simon
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	95001401^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 29, 1995

The Belmont City Hall, also known as the Former United States Post Office, is a historic post office building located in Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Treasury Department's Office of the Supervising Architect under the direction of Louis A. Simon, and built in 1939. It is a one-story, five bay Colonial Revival style brick building. At the rear is a stepped-back rectangular secondary block and loading dock. It housed the Belmont post office until 1970, then was converted for use as the Belmont City Hall in 1973.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1] It is located in the Belmont Historic District.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ William H. Huffman (March 1995). "U.S. Post Office, Former" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

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