{"nrhp_refnum":"95001401","name":"US Post Office, Former","other_names":["Belmont City Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"115 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belmont","county":"Gaston County","state":"NC","lat":35.24373699300003,"lon":-81.03804615099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Colonial Revival brick former post office at 115 North Main Street in Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina, built in 1939 and later adapted as the city hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the only Depression-era federal public works building in Belmont, and that its lobby oil-on-canvas mural by Peter DeAnna is a notable work of art tied to a local Revolutionary War event. It also links the building to the federal public buildings program of the 1930s and to the politics of federal construction funding.","narrative":"Built in 1939 on North Main Street in Belmont, this one-story brick Colonial Revival building was constructed under the federal public buildings program, with bids opened in March 1939 and a contract awarded to L. B. Gallimore of Greensboro for $40,900. Its five-bay facade has segmental-arch windows set in blind arches, a corbel table beneath the eaves, and a stone-stepped entry with a cast metal eagle above the doors. The interior lobby keeps its terrazzo floors, marble wainscoting, and a 1940 oil-on-canvas mural by Peter DeAnna depicting Major Chronicle's South Fork Boys encampment before the Battle of King's Mountain. The building served as the town post office until 1970. After a 1971 purchase by the city with Lineberger Foundation support, it was refurbished and rededicated as city hall in April 1973. It is regarded as the only federal Depression-era public works building in Belmont.","period_of_significance":"1939-1945","architect_builder":"Simon, Louis A. (architect); Melick, Neal A. (engineer)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as the city post office until 1970, vacant until its 1971 purchase by the city, and rededicated as city hall in 1973.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.324439-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/7203/47720373/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/95001401.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001401/336c7998cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001401/336c7998cd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Leisurebob","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_U.S._Post_Office_in_Belmont,_NC.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Leisurebob</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:Former_U.S._Post_Office_in_Belmont,_NC.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"96001525","name":"Belmont Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/belmont-historic-district-96001525/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720373","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont_City_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706194"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/gaston-county/us-post-office-former-95001401/"}