Post Office – Adams MA

City:
Adams, MA

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices

New Deal Agencies:
Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department

Started:
1938

Completed:
1940

Description

The Adams, Massachusetts post office was constructed between 1938 and 1940 using federal funds. The building is still in use today.

A New Deal-funded fresco, “Quakers and the Site of Adams,” painted by Helen Rubin Stoler in 1940, hung in the lobby but has since been destroyed.

Source notes

Cornerstone https://www.savethepostoffice.com/node/9867 https://www.wpamurals.org/massachu.htm

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 22, 2014.

Location Info

1 Center St.
Adams, MA 01220
Berkshire County

Coordinates: 42.620827, -73.12046

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