Greenwich, CT post office with extension
Project type: Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Completed: 1938
Contractors: Jerry Gleason
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Description
The historic post office in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut was originally constructed in 1916-7. A rear extension was added to the building to as part of a New Deal project completed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned.
An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility has since been relocated.
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Greenwich, CT post office with extension
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 121-BS: Records of the Public Buildings Service: Completion views of federal buildings (prints) alphabetically by state and thereunder by city, to 1966; Box 12. https://colossus-of-roads.blogspot.com/2013/06/before-and-after-fairfield-county.html
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 28, 2015.
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