Beaufort, NC Post Office - 1937

The 1997 Ruth Little Survey describes the 1937 Post Office: A Colonial Revival building has brick veneer in Flemish bond, sash with concrete sills and lintels and a cupola with Doric pilasters and arched louvers. The handsome front entrance has a double-leaf door with transom and segmentally arched hood on which is mounted a golden eagle statuette. The entrance is flanked by fluted Doric pilasters. The interior features marble wainscot.

The US Post Office at 701-703 Front Street was built in 1937. Federal employees Louis A. Simon and Neal A. Melick were supervising architects.

Included here are photographs obtained from the US Post Office historian's office in Washington, DC. Click each for high resolution images.

In the first image, the Dr. Charles Duncan house, on the right, was moved from the corner of Front and Pollock to make room for the new Post Office.

On the left side of the middle image is the Old Inlet Inn to the west in the 600 block of Front Street - now the site of BB&T. Note the old water tower in the background.

The last photograph was taken from the west corner of Front and Pollock Streets showing

the west side of the building. The south front side of the building faces Front Street on Taylors Creek.