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U.S. Post Office-Central Square
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′58.8″N 71°06′21.7″W / 42.366333°N 71.106028°W / 42.366333; -71.106028
Built	1933
Architect	Leland, James D., & Co.; Baven, John, Co., Inc.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
Part of	Central Square Historic District (ID90000128)
NRHP reference No.	86001343
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 18, 1986
Designated CP	February 2, 1990

The Clifton Merriman Post Office Building, also known as the U.S. Post Office-Central Square is an historic post office at 770 Massachusetts Avenue within Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The post office was built in 1933 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as "U.S. Post Office-Central Square". In 1992, the United States Congress passed a bill renaming it for Clifton Merriman, an African-American World War I veteran who later became assistant superintendent of the main Post Office in Cambridge.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• List of United States post offices

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. An act to designate the Central Square facility of the United States Postal Service in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the "Clifton Merriman Post Office Building". Pub. L. 102–447, H.R. 5453, 106 Stat. 2248 , enacted October 23, 1992
3. "Clifton Merriman, 95 Decorated WWI Army veteran". The Boston Globe. July 7, 1989. p. 16. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Media related to Central Square Post Office (Cambridge, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons

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