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	United States Post Office–Wakefield Main
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district – Contributing property
	Main Post Office
	Map credit Location within Massachusetts Map credit Location within the United States
Location	321 Main St., Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°30′17.7″N 71°4′19.2″W / 42.504917°N 71.072000°W
Built	1936
Architect	Bridge, Edward M.; Long, A.J., Construction Co.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
Part of	Common District (ID89000754)
NRHP reference No.	86003439
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 19, 1987
Designated CP	March 2, 1990

The United States Post Office–Wakefield Main is a historic post office building at 321 Main Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Built in 1936 as part of a Depression-era works project, it is a Classical Revival structure that harmonizes with its neighbors. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987,^[1] and included in the Common District in 1990.^[2]

Description and history

The Wakefield Post Office is set on the west side of Main Street, at the southwest corner with Yale Avenue. A single-story Classical Revival brick and limestone building, it stands between two other Classical Revival buildings, the former YMCA, and the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library. Its front facade is five bays wide, the center three recessed behind a pair of fluted Doric columns and flanking square pillars, which are also found at the building corners. The pillars support a stone entablature, above which is a parapet obscuring the building's flat roof. The outer bays each have a large sash window, above which are circular panels with decorative plaques, giving the building a hint of the then-popular Art Moderne style.^[2]

Wakefield's first post office was in the private home of its postmaster, David Norcross, at Main and Chestnut Streets. In 1860, after a series of moves occasioned by the change of postmaster, it was located in commercial spaces in the downtown. The current structure was built by the federal government as a Depression-era works project, which including hiring a local architect, Edward M. Bridge, to design it.^[2]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
1 2 3 "MACRIS inventory record for United States Post Office - Wakefield Main". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved February 9, 2014.

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[MACRIS-2] 1 2 3 "MACRIS inventory record for United States Post Office - Wakefield Main". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved February 9, 2014.

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Wakefield, Massachusetts
Historic districts	Breakheart Reservation Church–Lafayette Streets Historic District Common District Wakefield Park Historic District Yale Avenue Historic District
Historic properties	Beacon Street Tomb Beebe Homestead Building at 38–48 Richardson Avenue Buildings at 35–37 Richardson Avenue Capt. William Green House Captain Goodwin–James Eustis House Charles Winship House D. Horace Tilton House Daniel Sweetser House Deacon Daniel Green House Deacon Thomas Kendall House Dr. Charles Jordan House Dr. S. O. Richardson House Dr. Thomas Simpson House E. Boardman House Elizabeth Boit House Emerson–Franklin Poole House Flanley's Block Greenwood Union Church H. M. Warren School House at 1 Morrison Avenue House at 1 Woodcrest Drive House at 11 Wave Avenue House at 113 Salem Street House at 118 Greenwood Street House at 12 West Water Street House at 13 Sheffield Road House at 15 Chestnut Street House at 15 Lawrence Street House at 15 Wave Avenue House at 18 Park Street House at 18A and 20 Aborn Street House at 190 Main Street House at 193 Vernon Street House at 196 Main Street House at 19–21 Salem Street House at 2 Nichols Street House at 20 Hancock Road House at 20 Lawrence Street House at 20 Morrison Road House at 21 Chestnut Street House at 22 Parker Road House at 23 Avon Street House at 23 Lawrence Street House at 25 Avon Street House at 26 Francis Avenue House at 28 Cordis Street House at 28 Wiley Street House at 30 Sheffield Road House at 32 Morrison Road House at 38 Salem Street House at 380 Albion Street House at 39 Converse Street House at 40 Crescent Street House at 42 Hopkins Street House at 5 Bennett Street House at 509 North Avenue House at 52 Oak Street House at 54 Spring Street House at 556 Lowell Street House at 6 Adams Street House at 7 Salem Street House at 8 Park Street House at 88 Prospect Street House at 9 White Avenue House at 90 Prospect Street House at 95 Chestnut Street Item Building Jonas Cowdry House Lakeside Cemetery Chapel Lynnwood Massachusetts State Armory Michael Sweetser House Nathaniel Cowdry House Oliver House Saint Joseph School Samuel Gould House South Reading Academy Suell Winn House Temple Israel Cemetery United States Post Office–Wakefield Main Wakefield Centre station Wakefield Rattan Company Wakefield Trust Company Wakefield station West Ward School William Stimpson House Woodville School Woodward Homestead
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts

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Description and history

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