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United States Post Office–South Hadley Main

Field	Value
name	US Post Office–South Hadley Main
image	United States Post Office, South Hadley MA.jpg
caption	United States Post Office in 2013
location	1 Hadley St., South Hadley, Massachusetts
coordinates
locmapin	Massachusetts#USA
area	less than one acre
built
architect	Pernice, Leon
architecture	Classical Revival
added	May 28, 1986
refnum	86001188
<ref name	"nris"

The US Post Office–South Hadley Main is a historic post office at 1 Hadley Street in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Built in 1940 as part of a federal government jobs program, it is a prominent local example of simplified Classical Revival architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Description and history

The South Hadley Post Office occupies a prominent position at the north end of its central town green, which is just to its south across Hadley Street. It is a single-story masonry structure, built out of red brick with limestone trim, and covered by a flat roof. Its facade is relatively plain, fronted by a series of limestone columns and topped by a limestone entablature, which extends around the top of the building. The walls are predominantly brick, laid on a granite foundation, with granite steps leading to the main entrance. Despite modernization in the 1960s the interior has maintained some of its original features, including marble wainscoting and some woodwork.

The post office was built in 1940 to a design by Leon Pernice, an architect based in West Springfield. It was built at a time when the federal government was emphasizing simplified styles whose designs could be approved and executed rapidly, providing jobs to the community. The building underwent a substantial remodelling and enlargement in 1968, when a large ell was added to its rear, and glass-and-aluminum partitions and fluorescent lighting were added to its lobby area.

References

{{NRISref. 2008a
"NRHP nomination for US Post Office-South Hadley Main". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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