Salvo Post Office
Salvo Post Office, September 2013
Salvo Post Office is located in North Carolina
Salvo Post Office
Salvo Post Office is located in the United States
Salvo Post Office
LocationNC 12, west side, 0.1 mi. S of jct. with Park Rd., Salvo, North Carolina
Coordinates35°32′24″N 75°28′27″W / 35.54000°N 75.47417°W / 35.54000; -75.47417
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1910 (1910)
Built byLafayette Douglas
NRHP reference No.93000997[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 23, 1993

The Salvo Post Office is a historic post office building located at Salvo, in Dare County, North Carolina, on the Outer Banks. It was built about 1910, and is a small frame building measuring 8 feet by 12 feet (about 2.4 by 3.6 meters). The interior consists of the post office lobby and the postmaster's workroom. It reflects a unique tradition of a portable building being purchased by succeeding postmasters and moved to their respective properties. It is recognized by the U.S. Postal Service as the second-smallest post office building in the nation, after the Ochopee Post Office in Florida. The building was restored after being damaged by fire in October 1992.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ W. Reid Thomas (May 1993). "Salvo Post Office" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.


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