United States post offices operate under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Historically, post offices were usually placed in a prominent location. Many were architecturally distinctive, including notable buildings featuring Beaux-Arts, Art Deco, and Vernacular architecture. However, modern U.S. post offices were generally designed for functionality rather than architectural style.
Following is a list of United States post offices in North Carolina. Notable post offices include individual buildings, whether still in service or not, which have architectural, historical, or community-related significance. Many of these are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or state and local historic registers.
Post officeCityDate builtImageArchitectNotesUnited States Post Office (Beaufort, North Carolina)Beaufort 1938United States Post Office (Belmont, North Carolina), now Belmont City HallBelmont1939–1940Louis A. SimonUnited States Post Office (Boone, North Carolina)Boone1938–1939Louis A. SimonUnited States Post Office (Brevard, North Carolina), later Transylvania County LibraryBrevard1940-1941United States Post Office (Burlington, North Carolina)Burlington1936R. Stanley Brown, Louis A. SimonUnited States Post Office (Canton, North Carolina)Canton1939Franklin Street Station Post Office Chapel Hill1937J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and U.S. CourthouseElizabeth City1904–1906James Knox TaylorUnited States Post Office (Eden, North Carolina)Eden1939Louis A. Simon, Neal A. MelickUnited States Post Office (Fayetteville, North Carolina)Fayetteville1909–1911United States Post Office (Franklin, North Carolina)Franklin1935Louis A. Simon, Neal A. MelickUnited States Post Office (Gastonia, North Carolina)Gastonia1935United States Post Office (Greenville, North Carolina)Greenville1913–1914Oscar WenderothGrimshawes Post Office, aka Whiteside Cove Post OfficeWhiteside Cove c. 1878unknownUnited States Post Office (Hamlet, North Carolina)Hamlet1941United States Post Office (Lincolnton, North Carolina)Lincolnton 1937United States Post Office (Louisburg, North Carolina)Louisburg 1937Pink Plemmons Store and Post OfficeLuckc. 1930United States Post Office (Lumberton, North Carolina)Lumberton1931James A. WetmoreUnited States Post Office (Madison, North Carolina)Madison1940United States Post Office, now McDowell County Library Marion1936Cana Store and Post OfficeMocksville1875James Harrison CainUnited States Post Office (Monroe, North Carolina)Monroe1913Oscar WenderothUnited States Post Office (Mount Olive, North Carolina)Mount Olive1931–1933James A. WetmoreUnited States Post Office and Courthouse (New Bern, North Carolina)New Bern1935Robert F. SmallwoodUnited States Post Office (Newton, North Carolina), now Old Post Office PlayhouseNewton1937United States Post Office (Red Springs, North Carolina)Red Springs1939Reidsville City Hall (Old Post Office)Reidsville1936Louis F. VoorheesUnited States Post Office and Federal Building (Rockingham, North Carolina)Rockingham1935–1936Louis A. SimonUnited States Post Office (Roxboro, North Carolina)Roxboro1936–1937Salvo Post OfficeSalvo1910Lafayette DouglasUnited States Post Office (Siler City, North Carolina)Siler City1940Former United States Post Office (Smithfield, North Carolina)Smithfield1936Louis A. SimonUnited States Post Office (Southern Pines, North Carolina)Southern Pines1938United States Post Office and County Courthouse (Statesville, North Carolina)Statesville1891Willoughby J. EdbrookeUnited States Post Office (Wadesboro, North Carolina)Wadesboro1932–1933James A. WetmoreUnited States Post Office (Warrenton, North Carolina)Warrenton1937Former US Post Office Building (Waynesville, North Carolina), now Waynesville Municipal BuildingWaynesville1917James A. WetmoreUnited States Post Office (Weldon, North Carolina)Weldon1939United States Post Office (Williamston, North Carolina)Williamston1938
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