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United States Post Office–Greenfield Main

Field	Value
name	US Post Office-Greenfield Main
image	GreenfieldMA PostOffice.jpg
location	442 Main St., Greenfield, Massachusetts
coordinates
locmapin	Massachusetts#USA
area	less than one acre
built	1915; 1939
architect	Wenderoth, Oscar; Simon, Louis A.
architecture	Classical Revival, Beaux Arts
added	December 20, 1985
refnum	85003224
nrhp_type2	cp
nocat	yes
partof	Main Street Historic District
partof_refnum	88001908
designated_nrhp_type2	October 13, 1988

The US Post Office-Greenfield Main is a historic post office at 442 Main Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1915 and enlarged in 1939, it is a good example of a post office with Beaux Arts and Classical Revival features. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, and included in the Main Street Historic District in 1988.

Description and history

Greenfield's main post office occupies a prominent location in downtown Greenfield, on the north side of Main Street opposite the Franklin County Courthouse. It consists of a two-story main block, with virtually identical single-story wings extending to either side. Broad steps, flanked on either side by original light fixtures on iron stands, lead to the main entrance. It features restrained Colonial Revival decorations, including a two-story pilastered pediment surrounding a recessed arched entrance with ornate features. Windows are tall sash, set in slightly recessed arched blinds. The interior lobby spaces has terrazzo marble floors, granite wainscoting, and stained woodwork. A bronze sculpture stands in the lobby; it was placed in 1941, and is the work of Hélène Sardeau.

The central two-story portion of the building was built in 1915 to a design by Oscar Wenderoth, then the head of the Office of the Supervising Architect at the United States Treasury Department. The building was expanded in 1939, adding single story wings on each side. It is one of the city's most architecturally sophisticated buildings.

References

{{NRISref. 2008a
"NRHP nomination for United States Post Office-Greenfield Main". National Archive.
"MACRIS inventory record for US Post Office - Greenfield Main". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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