Post Office and Custom House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

City Hall

Street Address:

302 Carteret St.;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

025-911

Control Number:

U/13/025-911

Tax Number:

R120 004 000 0978 0000

Date Surveyed:

July 8 1997

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1917

Historic Use:

Social

Current Use:

Government

Historic Core Shape:

L

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Shape:

flat

Roof Materials:

not visible

Porch Width:

entrance bay only

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district

Signficant Architectural Features:

2 story high brick civic structure. Main facade facing east features 5 bays. 3 center bays incorporate large windows (each set in a recessed arch) with semicircular heads, the central one over double entrance doors. Porch (not original) is suspended on m

Alterations:

single story extension to west; introduction of porch roof suspended over main entrance.

Historical Information:

Lot belonged to J.D.Pope before 1862. 2 story house shown in 1899. Sanborn Insurance Co. map shows no construction on site in 1912 but the present structure here by 1924. According to the 1979 Milner survey|, this building is "A standard Treasury Departm

Source of Historical Information:

Cornerstone; 1979 Milner survey form. Beaufort Gazette, March 7, 1913, p. 1.

Quadrangle Name:

Beaufort

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