- City:
- Cambridge, MA
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Federal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1935
- Designers:
- Baven John Co. Inc., Leland James D & Co.
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Also known as the Clifton Merriman Post Office, the main post office in Cambridge, Massachusetts—originally a branch of the Boston post office—was constructed with federal funds in 1934-5. It was designed in Classical Revival style with Art Deco influences by architects Leland, James D., & Co.; Baven, John, Co., Inc. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Source notes
Cornerstone
National Register of Historic Places record: https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/ea9c69aa-0cb7-4282-bc50-b504179fc99f/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 20, 2014.
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