{"nrhp_refnum":"88001594","name":"US Post Office","other_names":["Federal Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"430 S. Spring St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burlington","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":36.09197674700005,"lon":-79.44023871899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-09-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The former United States Post Office, now known as the Federal Building, is a one-story building at the southeast corner of South Spring Street and Maple Avenue in the central business district of Burlington, North Carolina. It was erected in 1936.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant as the first tangible federal government presence in Burlington and as an example of Depression-era public building construction under Public Works programs. Its blend of Classical Revival and Moderne styles and its interior wall murals depicting local history, completed in 1940, are presented as distinguishing features, and the murals are described as rare examples of this art form in North Carolina.","narrative":"Erected in 1936 on a lot at the southeast corner of South Spring Street and Maple Avenue in Burlington, North Carolina, this one-story red-brick post office blends Classical Revival and Moderne styles. Its symmetrical eight-bay facade has granite trim, triple-hung windows and bronze doorway surrounds with gilded cast-iron eagles. The plans were prepared by R. Stanley Brown of the Office of the Supervising Architect, and his name and that of Supervising Architect Louis Simon appear on the cornerstone. The building is valued for its significance in federal public building construction of the 1930s and for its lobby murals, completed in 1940 by Arthur L. Bairnsfather. Painted in a Regionalist style, the two oil-on-canvas works show a textile mill and a railroad scene, reflecting the town's economic foundations. The murals are considered rare examples of this government-sponsored art in North Carolina. The main lobby remains largely intact, although the interior was remodeled in 1968.","period_of_significance":"1936-1940","architect_builder":"R. Stanley Brown (architect); Louis Simon (Supervising Architect)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival and Moderne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Converted to an all-purpose federal office building after a new post office was built in 1966-1967; the interior was remodeled and is undergoing renovation, while the exterior and lobby are kept essentially intact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.555339-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/7188/47718894/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88001594.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001594/285e028fe1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001594/285e028fe1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kenneth A. Rivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burlington_Post_Office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth A. Rivers</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:Burlington_Post_Office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718894","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Burlington,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890916"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/us-post-office-88001594/"}