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United States Post Office–Williamstown Main

Field	Value
name	US Post Office–Williamstown Main
image	US Post Office, Williamstown MA.jpg
caption	US Post Office
location	56 Spring St. Williamstown, Massachusetts
coordinates
locmapin	Massachusetts#USA
mapframe	yes
mapframe-marker	building
mapframe-zoom	12
mapframe-caption	Interactive map showing the location of the U.S Post Office-Williamstown Main
area	less than one acre
built
architect	James A. Wetmore
architecture	Classical Revival
added	July 17, 1986
refnum	86002243

| mapframe-marker = building | mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of the U.S Post Office-Williamstown Main

US Post Office–Williamstown Main is a historic post office at 56 Spring Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Built in 1932, it is an architecturally significant local example of Classical Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Description and history

The Williamstown Main Post Office is located in the town's central business district, on the east side Spring Street opposite Bank Street. The rectangular Neo-Classical building is made of Flemish bond brick on a granite foundation, and with marble detailing. Granite steps with wrought iron railings lead up to the main entrance, which is sheltered by a gabled portico supported by Tuscan columns. Windows are either set in round-arch openings, or in rectangular ones with splayed headers. The building is topped by a parapet alternating broad brick piers and sections of balustrade. In the lobby the floor is tiled quarry marble with marble strip details. The walls have a marble panel wainscoting that is topped by plaster. The principal modern intrusions are a glass and aluminum vestibule, and a handicap access ramp.

The post office was built by the federal government in 1932, during a period when the Postal Service was embarked in a construction program designed to provide jobs during the Great Depression. Prior to the construction of this building, the town's post office (established in 1798) was typically located in one of the town's commercial establishment. The building was designed by James Wetmore and built by the New England General Contractors Company on a site most recently occupied by the town's high school.

References

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

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