The Clifton Merriman Post Office Building, also known as the U.S. Post Office-Central Square is an historic post office at 770 Massachusetts Avenue within Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
U.S. Post Office-Central Square | |
Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°21′58.8″N 71°06′21.7″W / 42.366333°N 71.106028°W |
Built | 1933 |
Architect | Leland, James D., & Co.; Baven, John, Co., Inc. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
Part of | Central Square Historic District (ID90000128) |
NRHP reference No. | 86001343 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 18, 1986 |
Designated CP | February 2, 1990 |
The post office was built in 1933 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as "U.S. Post Office-Central Square". In 1992, the United States Congress passed a bill renaming it for Clifton Merriman,[2] an African-American World War I veteran who later became assistant superintendent of the main Post Office in Cambridge.[3]
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References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ H.R.5453 -- To designate the Central Square facility of the United States Postal Service in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the 'Clifton Merriman Post Office Building'[permanent dead link].
- ^ "CLIFTON MERRIMAN, 95 DECORATED WWI ARMY VETERAN", The Boston Globe (July 7, 1989).
External links edit
- Media related to Central Square Post Office (Cambridge, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons