U.S. Post Office and Courthouse - Big Stone Gap, Virginia - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, also known as Big Stone Gap Post Office and C. Bascom Slemp Federal Building, is a historic courthouse and post office building located in Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James Knox Taylor and built between 1911 and 1913. It is a three-story, seven bay, stone building with a low hipped roof in the Second Renaissance Revival style. The front facade features a three bay Tuscan order portico consisting of four pairs of coupled, unfluted columns. The building is named for Congressman C. Bascom Slemp.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975."

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Street address: 322 Wood Ave East Big Stone Gap, Virginia Wise 24219 County / Borough / Parish: Wise Year listed: 1975 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Politics/Government, Architecture Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Government Current function: Government Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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