United States Post Office–Weymouth Landing Explained

US Post Office-Weymouth Landing
Location:Weymouth, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.2181°N -70.9672°W
Built:1940
Architect:Simon, Louis A.; Cunningham, T.W., Inc.
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:May 27, 1986
Refnum:86001186

The US Post Office-Weymouth Landing is a historic post office building at 103 Washington Street in Weymouth, Massachusetts. The single story stone building was built in 1941, and is locally distinctive as a rare construction in granite. The basic design of the building is similar to other post office designs of the 1930s and 1940s. It has a five-bay facade, three of which project, providing the entrance. The building is topped by a side-gable roof with a wooden cornice, with a louvered belfry topping the roof.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MACRIS inventory record for US Post Office-Weymouth Landing. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-06-03.