Salvo Post Office
Salvo Post Office | |
Salvo Post Office, September 2013 | |
| Location | NC 12, west side, 0.1 mi. S of jct. with Park Rd., Salvo, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°32′24″N 75°28′27″W / 35.54000°N 75.47417°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1910 |
| Built by | Lafayette Douglas |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000997 |
| Added to NRHP | September 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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.