Hartsville Post Office

Hartsville Post Office
Location Jct. of Home Ave. and Fifth St., Hartsville, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°22′33″N 80°4′29″W / 34.37583°N 80.07472°W / 34.37583; -80.07472Coordinates: 34°22′33″N 80°4′29″W / 34.37583°N 80.07472°W / 34.37583; -80.07472
Area less than one acre
Built 1930 (1930)
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Hartsville MPS
NRHP Reference # 97000537[1]
Added to NRHP June 4, 1997

Hartsville Post Office, also known as the Hartsville Memorial Library and Hartsville Museum, is a historic post office building located at Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1930, and designed under the supervision of James A. Wetmore, Office of the Supervising Architect, United States Department of the Treasury. It is a one-story, five bay, brick Colonial Revival style building. It has a rectangular plan and flat roof with parapet. The symmetrical façade features large arched window openings with decorative keystones. This building served as Hartsville’s post office until 1963, when a new post office was built.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

The building is now home to the Hartsville Museum, which offers local history and art exhibits.

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. J. Tracy Power and Julie Turner (June 1990). "Hartsville Post Office" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. "Hartsville Post Office, Darlington County (jct. of Home & Fifth Aves., Hartsville)". South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

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