{"nrhp_refnum":"85000482","name":"US Post Office-Monroe","other_names":["Monroe N.C. Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"407 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Monroe","county":"Union County","state":"NC","lat":34.98375911000005,"lon":-80.55069316499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, red brick Neo Classical post office at 407 North Main Street in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, built in 1913 and designed by Oscar Wendroth, Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building reflects the prosperity of Monroe as a county seat and Seaboard railroad center in the early twentieth century. It is also a mature, restrained and relatively intact example of federal Neo Classical architecture. It is tied to Oscar Wendroth, who specialized in post offices.","narrative":"Built in 1913 at 407 North Main Street, the Monroe post office is a two-story, seven-by-four bay building of load-bearing masonry laid in English bond red brick, set on a raised cut ashlar basement. Its main facade features a classical portico with Corinthian columns, limestone pilasters, molded stone panels with urn and festoon motifs, and a blind parapet. Additions in 1966 to the south and rear match the original in scale and materials, though their tall bays differ from the original windows. The lobby was remodeled then, but the original wrought iron and marble stair survives. The building was designed by Oscar Wendroth, Supervising Architect for the Treasury Department, who was responsible for many federal post offices. It was listed for its link to Monroe's growth as a county seat and Seaboard railroad center, for its association with Wendroth, and as a mature, restrained example of federal Neo Classical design. It remains in use as a post office.","period_of_significance":"1913","architect_builder":"Oscar Wendroth, Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Neo Classical (federal architecture)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a post office; condition listed as good, with two sympathetic additions and a remodeled lobby dating from 1966.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.661833-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/7223/47722373/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85000482.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000482/44058966f0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000482/44058966f0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mpbusyb","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Impressive_architectural_details_grace_the_Old_US_Post_Office_in_Monroe.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mpbusyb</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Impressive_architectural_details_grace_the_Old_US_Post_Office_in_Monroe.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87002204","name":"Monroe Residential Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/monroe-residential-historic-district-87002204/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722373","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Monroe,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20714986"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/union-county/us-post-office-monroe-85000482/"}