Old Post Office Building (Brockton, Massachusetts) Explained

Old Post Office Building
Coordinates:42.0808°N -71.0194°W
Built:1898
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:March 8, 1978
Refnum:78000474

The Old Post Office Building is a historic building in Brockton, Massachusetts. The two story brick Colonial Revival-style post office was built in 1898 and expanded in 1932. It was designed under the auspices of the federal government's supervising architect, James Knox Taylor, as a copy of Independence Hall in Philadelphia.[1] The building was renovated in 1977 and became home of the Brockton Public Schools central administration offices.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MACRIS inventory record for Old Post Office Building. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-05-15.