Hartsville Post Office
National Register Listing
Street Address:
Jct. of Home Ave. and Fifth St., Hartsville, SC (Darlington County)
Alternate Name:
Hartsville Memorial Library; Hartsville Museum
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817716048
Description and Narrative:
(Hartsville Memorial Library; Hartsville Museum) The Hartsville Post Office is significant as a good example of an early twentieth century post office. The building, completed and occupied in the fall of 1930, was designed under the supervision of James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury 1915-1934. Wetmore was not an architect but an administrator. He supervised over two thousand federal projects during his tenure. It was built by contractors Jones and Company, of Wilson, North Carolina, and supervised on site by Ernest C. Steward, engineer with the Department of the Treasury. This one-story, brick Colonial Revival style building has a rectangular plan and flat roof with parapet. The five bay symmetrical façade features large arched window openings with decorative keystones, ten-over-ten double hung sash, and fanlights. The central, arched entry has double, multi-light doors and fanlight. The entry is recessed within a stone, segmental pediment with pilasters and block modillions. The façade is accented by brick quoins, water table, and molded cornice below the parapet. The side elevations have tripartite windows with multi-light transoms. This building served as Hartsville’s post office until 1963, when a new post office was built; since that time it has housed the Hartsville Memorial Library. Listed in the National Register June 4, 1997.
Period of Significance:
1930
Level of Significance:
State
Area of Significance:
Architecture;Politics/Government
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
June 4 1997
