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Old Post Office Building (Brockton, Massachusetts)

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Old Post Office Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Old Post Office Building
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Location43 Crescent St.,
Brockton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°4′51″N 71°1′10″W / 42.08083°N 71.01944°W / 42.08083; -71.01944
Built1898
ArchitectJames Knox Taylor
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.78000474
Added to NRHPMarch 8, 1978

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. 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Old Post Office Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
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