US Post Office–Salem Main
Salem Post Office
United States Post Office–Salem Main is located in Massachusetts
United States Post Office–Salem Main
United States Post Office–Salem Main is located in the United States
United States Post Office–Salem Main
LocationSalem, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′10.56″N 70°53′47.54″W / 42.5196000°N 70.8965389°W / 42.5196000; -70.8965389
Built1932
ArchitectSmith & Walker; Hadley, Robert W.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.86001211 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1986

The US Post Office—Salem Main is a historic post office building at 2 Margin Street in Salem, Massachusetts. It is one of Salem's finest civic Colonial Revival buildings. [2] The two story brick building was built in 1932 to a design by Wenham-based architect Philip Horton Smith of Smith & Walker. Its roof follows a cross-gable plan, with its main entry on the long side of the building, topped by a decorated pedimented gable. First floor windows are round-arched and slightly recessed, while those on the second floor are rectangular. A line of granite marks the transition to the cornice at the top of the facade; the cornice, along with the gable elements, features heavy dentil molding.[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986;[1] it continues to serve as Salem's primary post office.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ↑ United States Post Office, Salem Branch
  3. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for United States Post Office - Salem Main". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-09.


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