Clifton Merriman Post Office Building

Style: Neoclassical
City: Boston, MA

The Clifton Merriman Post Office Building at 770 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge's Central Square was built in 1933 as the U.S. Post Office-Central Square. In 1992, Congress renamed it for Clifton Merriman, an African American World War I veteran who went on to become assistant superintendent of Cambridge's main post office.

the style

The post office's style is recorded as a mix of Neoclassical and Streamline Moderne, both current when it was built in 1933.

significance

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as the U.S. Post Office-Central Square, and was renamed by Congress in 1992 to honor Clifton Merriman.

nearby

St. Peter's Episcopal Church 410 ft · Gothic Revival · 1867
First Baptist Church 0.1 mi · Gothic Revival · 1881
Odd Fellows Hall 0.2 mi · Romanesque Revival
William R. Jones House 0.3 mi · Second Empire · 1865
River Street Firehouse 0.3 mi · Queen Anne · 1890
Maria Baldwin House 0.4 mi · Greek Revival · 1845

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