St. Albans Post Office

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St. Albans Post Office
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Location202 Sixth Ave., St. Albans, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°23′11″N81°50′9″W / 38.38639°N 81.83583°W / 38.38639; -81.83583 Coordinates: 38°23′11″N81°50′9″W / 38.38639°N 81.83583°W / 38.38639; -81.83583
Arealess than one acre
Built1937
Architect Louis A. Simon
Engineer Neal A. Melick
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 94001285 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 4, 1994

The St. Albans Post Office, also known as Old St. Albans Post Office, is a historic post office building located at 202 Sixth Ave. in St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built in 1937, and is a one-story, five bay brick building with a metal hip roof in Colonial Revival style. A rear addition was built about 1955. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon and Supervising Engineer Neal A. Melick. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Kim A. Valente (August 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Albans Post Office" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.