- United States Post Office (Conway, South Carolina)
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Conway Post Office
Conway Post Office, June 2010
Location: 428 Main Street, Conway, South Carolina Coordinates: 33°50′14.7″N 79°2′50.5″W / 33.837417°N 79.047361°WCoordinates: 33°50′14.7″N 79°2′50.5″W / 33.837417°N 79.047361°W Area: 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) Built: 1935 Architectural style: Classical Revival Governing body: Private MPS: Conway MRA NRHP Reference#: 08000758[1] Added to NRHP: September 2, 2009 Conway Post Office is a historic post office building located at Conway in Horry County, South Carolina. It was designed and built 1935-1936, and is one of a number of post offices in South Carolina designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department under Louis A. Simon. The building is in the Classical Revival style and is a one-story brick building that features an off-center entrance with large fanlight above. It was the first Federal post office built in the city of Conway until it was replaced by a new federal post office in 1977. In 1981, the renovated building was reopened as the Horry County Museum.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places". WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 8/31/09 THROUGH 9/04/09. National Park Service. 2009-09-11. http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20090911.htm.
- ^ "South Carolina Department of Archives and History". National Register Properties in South Carolina: Conway Post Office, Horry County (428 Main St., Conway), including eight photos. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2010-06-21. http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/horry/S10817726029/index.htm.
External links
- National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Conway Post Office, Kweku Ainuson, June 2008
- Horry County Museum website
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Lists by county Abbeville • Aiken • Allendale • Anderson • Bamberg • Barnwell • Beaufort • Berkeley • Calhoun • Charleston • Cherokee • Chester • Chesterfield • Clarendon • Colleton • Darlington • Dillon • Dorchester • Edgefield • Fairfield • Florence • Georgetown • Greenville • Greenwood • Hampton • Horry • Jasper • Kershaw • Lancaster • Laurens • Lee • Lexington • Marion • Marlboro • McCormick • Newberry • Oconee • Orangeburg • Pickens • Richland • Saluda • Spartanburg • Sumter • Union • Williamsburg • York
Lists by city Other lists Categories:- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Buildings and structures completed in 1936
- Classical Revival architecture in South Carolina
- Museums in Horry County, South Carolina
- History museums in South Carolina
- South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
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