{"nrhp_refnum":"85000483","name":"US Post Office-Lumberton","other_names":["Lumberton N.C. Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"606 N. Elm St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lumberton","county":"Robeson County","state":"NC","lat":34.62141988900004,"lon":-79.00817033899995,"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 one-story-with-attic federal post office building in the central business district of Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, built in 1931 in the Beaux Arts style. It occupies half a city block and anchors one end of a main commercial street.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an important, nearly intact example of federal Beaux Arts architecture in rural southeastern North Carolina, built with expensive materials and detailing. It is one of few high-style historic structures left in Lumberton and reflects the consolidation of postal service in rural North Carolina during the 1920s and 1930s. Its design is attributed to James A. Wetmore, Supervising Architect for the Treasury, one of three recorded examples of his work in the state.","narrative":"Built in 1931 as a federal post office, this one-story-with-attic brick building rests on a raised cut-limestone basement and is set on half a block in the central business district of Lumberton. Brick pilasters with stone capitals create a colonnade effect across its bays, and a recessed entrance is framed by fluted stone columns with Doric capitals. The cornerstone records the Treasury officials of the period, and the design is credited to James A. Wetmore, the Treasury's supervising architect. A rear addition of 1965 was built to match the original in style, scale and detail, and the interior retains marble wainscoting, terrazzo floors and the original brass post boxes. The building is regarded as one of the few high-style historic structures remaining in town and as a reminder of the consolidation of rural postal service in the region during the 1920s and 1930s.","period_of_significance":"1931","architect_builder":"James A. Wetmore (Supervising Architect, U.S. Treasury)","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Remains in good condition, although in need of some maintenance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.679622-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/7219/47721930/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85000483.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000483/da91caa237-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000483/da91caa237-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lumberton,_NC_former_post_office_from_SW_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lumberton,_NC_former_post_office_from_SW_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721930","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Lumberton,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19864392"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/robeson-county/us-post-office-lumberton-85000483/"}