{"nrhp_refnum":"82001356","name":"U.S. Post Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"326 W. High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lima","county":"Allen County","state":"OH","lat":40.74162213300008,"lon":-84.10873197999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The U.S. Post Office at 326 West High Street in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, is a reinforced concrete public building faced in stone, built around 1930-31 in the Late Neo-Classic Revival style.","why_significant":"The inventory form describes it as the most outstanding example of Neo-Classical Revival architecture in Lima and one of the city's more ornate buildings. A federal determination of eligibility in 1980 cited architectural significance. It replaced the earlier post office diagonally across the street.","narrative":"Standing at 326 West High Street in Lima, Ohio, this post office was built around 1930-31 to replace an earlier post office on the southeast corner of Elizabeth and High Streets. It has a fireproof reinforced concrete frame, a truncated hip roof and walls of smooth coursed ashlar stone. The facade shows Neo-Classical features: projecting end bays with double fluted pilasters around tripart casement windows set in arched openings, a high-relief balustrade, and three double-door entries flanked by fluted pilaster columns. A frieze carries incised lettering and floral medallions. Inside, a two-story lobby has marble walls, a contrasting marble baseboard and floor, a coffered ceiling and brass fittings. The building is regarded as one of the more ornate in Lima and as the city's most outstanding example of Neo-Classical Revival architecture. It remains in postal use, one block from the main banking and office center, and was recognized for its architectural merit.","period_of_significance":"1930-1","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Neo-Classic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a post office; interior in good condition and exterior in very good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.538533-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001356.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001356/6373c75dad-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001356/6373c75dad-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lima_post_office_from_southwest.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lima_post_office_from_southwest.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984433","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Lima,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12071723"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/allen-county/u-s-post-office-82001356/"}