1911 ~ U.S. Post Office and Courthouse ~ Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
N 36° 52.016 W 082° 46.497
17S E 341789 N 4081581
This 1911 Federal Courthouse and Post Office in Big Stone Gap, Virginia is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WMKTPA
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2014
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"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."
Year of construction: 1911
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
FRANKLIN MACVEAGH
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
JAMES KNOX TAYLOR
SUPERVISING ARCHITECT
MCMXI
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