{"nrhp_refnum":"91000262","name":"US Post Office Building, Former","other_names":["Waynesville Municipal Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"106 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waynesville","county":"Haywood County","state":"NC","lat":35.48980401500006,"lon":-82.98844280599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick former post office at 106 South Main Street in Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, built in 1917 in a restrained Neo-Classical Revival style and now used as the town's municipal building.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be significant under Criteria A and C. It illustrates the federal effort, led by the Office of the Supervising Architect, to build improved post offices in classical styles that symbolized democracy. It is also a good, if restrained, example of Neo-Classical Revival design and is Waynesville's oldest remaining building in that style.","narrative":"Built in 1917 at the corner of Main and Church Streets in Waynesville, this two-story brick building served as the town's post office until 1966, when the town bought it for use as its municipal building. Designed by James Wetmore, who followed James Knox Taylor as Supervising Architect, it reflects the federal push to build classical post offices that conveyed the dignity of government. Its Flemish bond brick walls, Ionic pilasters, granite trim and denticulated cornice give a restrained Neo-Classical Revival appearance. Inside, a marble-floored two-story lobby has Doric piers and pilasters, and much of the original brass hardware survives. Renovations in 1989 added a steel stairway, glass partitions, a council chamber and offices, though these changes could be reversed without harming original fabric. It is Waynesville's oldest surviving Neo-Classical Revival building, and its design was later echoed by the Citizens Bank and Trust building and the Masonic Hall.","period_of_significance":"1917-1940","architect_builder":"Wetmore, James, Consulting Architect","architectural_style":"Classical Revival (Neo-Classical Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as the Waynesville Municipal Building (town hall) since the town bought it in 1966; interior renovations in 1989 did not compromise its integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.305625-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/7207/47720792/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91000262.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000262/e22a096b83-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000262/e22a096b83-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Travis K. Witt","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waynesville,_North_Carolina_-_Municipal_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis K. Witt</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waynesville,_North_Carolina_-_Municipal_Building.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05001414","name":"Waynesville Main Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/waynesville-main-street-historic-district-05001414/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720792","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waynesville_Municipal_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19878401"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/haywood-county/us-post-office-building-former-91000262/"}