United States Post Office (Greenwich, Connecticut)
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The United States Post Office in Greenwich, Connecticut
is a post office building also known as Greenwich Main Post Office'. It was built in 1915 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1986.
It was included in the Greenwich Municipal Center Historic District which became NRHP-listed in 1988, and then also included in the Greenwich Avenue Historic District
which subsumed that.
It is a uniquely planned building on a triangular site between Greenwich Avenue and Arch Street. The building appears to be one of the last of an era of post office design where government buildings were individually designed and were "intended as monuments to bring Federal ideas and sophisticated architecture to small communities." Other post offices, later, were standardized.
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38+ minutes ...
is a post office building also known as Greenwich Main Post Office'. It was built in 1915 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1986.
It was included in the Greenwich Municipal Center Historic District which became NRHP-listed in 1988, and then also included in the Greenwich Avenue Historic District
Greenwich Avenue Historic District
The Greenwich Avenue Historic District is a historic district representing the commercial and civic historical development of the downtown area of the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 1989...
which subsumed that.
It is a uniquely planned building on a triangular site between Greenwich Avenue and Arch Street. The building appears to be one of the last of an era of post office design where government buildings were individually designed and were "intended as monuments to bring Federal ideas and sophisticated architecture to small communities." Other post offices, later, were standardized.