HISTORY: BLUFFTON

•Blu ton Post O ce - 41 Bridge Street

The old Blu ton Post O ce is an example of a “Thousands Series” International-style post o ce building, a standardized type of building included in the Post O ce Department’s Building Designs catalog (1959, republished 1964) which was used as a guide in the construction of thousands of “uniformly e cient and architecturally attractive small post o ce buildings throughout the United States.” While these designs were "standard," they were also highly adaptable and suitable for all climates and geographical areas in the United States. These buildings were also distinctive enough that a stranger visiting a town could immediately identify the Post O ce solely by its architectural form. The Blu ton Post O ce was built by Blu ton’s Postmaster, Lucille G. Heyward in 1964—65 on Heyward family property at a cost of $10,480 as the Town’s first purpose-built post o ce building; Mrs. Heyward subsequently leased it back to the Department at an annual rent of $1,248. The new Post O ce was dedicated on Sunday, May 16, 1965 and operated here for the next two decades. It was later used as a newspaper publishing o ce, an artists’ studio, and now is being rehabilitated and expanded into a private residence.

For more information:

Glen Umberger, Historic Preservationist Town of Blu ton, South Carolina

843-706-4504 o ce

843-384-7248 mobile gumberger@townofblu ton.com