{"nrhp_refnum":"86000784","name":"US Post Office","other_names":["Federal Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"215 S. Evans St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greenville","county":"Pitt County","state":"NC","lat":35.613266252000074,"lon":-77.37227211999993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-02-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The former United States Post Office in downtown Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, now the Federal Building, located adjacent to the Pitt County Courthouse. It was built in 1913-1914 and occupied in January 1915.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as an impressive, well preserved example of Florentine Renaissance Revival architecture, a style regarded as rare in eastern North Carolina. It is presented as a reflection of Greenville's prosperity during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which followed railroad construction and the development of a tobacco market. The building is also described as the first structure built specifically to house Greenville's postal facilities.","narrative":"Two-story stucco-over-brick federal building on Evans Street in downtown Greenville, built 1913-1914 from plans by Oscar Wenderoth of the U.S. Treasury Department, with Norfolk contractor W. J. Brent Construction Company building it. Limestone corners, a terra cotta tile hip roof, and a three-bay loggia with arches on Tuscan columns mark the front elevation. Its six-over-six and paired casement windows reflect a highly Italianate fenestration. The building served as Greenville's main post office until 1969, when a new facility opened, and it was then remodelled for federal agencies. It is significant for its uncommon Florentine Renaissance Revival design in eastern North Carolina and for documenting Greenville's growth after the Scotland Neck and Greenville railroad branch reached the city in 1889 and tobacco became a major crop. A 1936-37 rear addition is compatible in style with the original section.","period_of_significance":"1900-1913","architect_builder":"Oscar Wenderoth (architect, supervising architect of the U.S. Treasury Department); W. J. Brent Construction Company of Norfolk, Virginia (general contractor)","architectural_style":"Florentine Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Remodelled for federal offices after the post office moved in 1969; exterior remains as built in 1913-14 and the interior has been partitioned. Federal agencies occupy the building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.576561-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/7218/47721819/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000784.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000784/3148c840b7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000784/3148c840b7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_(Greenville,_North_Carolina).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradewinds</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:U.S._Post_Office_(Greenville,_North_Carolina).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"03000419","name":"Greenville Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/greenville-commercial-historic-district-03000419/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721819","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Greenville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19881585"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/pitt-county/us-post-office-86000784/"}