Federal Building (Wilkesboro, North Carolina)
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Federal Building | |
Location | 201 W. Main St., Wilkesboro, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°8′50″N 81°21′15″W / 36.14722°N 81.35417°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1915 |
Architect | Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Federal Revival |
MPS | Wilkesboro MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82003523[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 24, 1982 |
Federal Building, also known as the Wilkes County Board of Education Building, is a historic government building located at Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore and built in 1915. It is a five-part brick building in the Federal Revival style. It consists of a two-story, three-bay central section, flanked by one-story entrances, which are in turn flanked by one-story wings. The post office was located in the west wing. The building features terra cotta decorative elements.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Laura A. W. Phillips (May 1980). "Federal Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
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- Federal buildings in the United States
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Government buildings completed in 1915
- Buildings and structures in Wilkes County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Wilkes County, North Carolina
- Western North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs