Old Post Office
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Newberry Library
Street Address:
1300 Friend Street, Newberry, SC
Site Number:
0427
Control Number:
U/71/0427
Tax Number:
343-5-17-2
Date Surveyed:
June 2 2003
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1911
Historic Use:
Government
Current Use:
Social
Architect or Builder:
James Taylor Knox
Exterior Walls Materials:
Brick
Roof Shape:
Hipped
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
The building has a hipped roof, buff colored brick, limestone and granite exterior; multi-paned sash (fifteen-over-twenty) and casement windows; porch with tetra style Doric engaged columns; limestone pediments and surrounds around the windows, symmetrical double granite stairs with iron railings and light posts, arches with keystones over the windows on the porch, large brackets support paneled eaves. The building was designed by architect James Taylor Knox.
Quadrangle Name:
Newberry East