Clifton Merriman Post Office Building

U.S. Post Office-Central Square
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′58″N 71°6′23″W / 42.36611°N 71.10639°W / 42.36611; -71.10639Coordinates: 42°21′58″N 71°6′23″W / 42.36611°N 71.10639°W / 42.36611; -71.10639
Built 1933
Architect Leland,James D., & Co.; Baven,John,Co.,Inc.
Architectural style Classical Revival
Part of Central Square Historic District (#90000128)
NRHP Reference #

86001343

[1]
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, USA.

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,[2] an African-American World War I veteran who later became assistant superintendent of the main Post Office in Cambridge.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ H.R.5453 -- To designate the Central Square facility of the United States Postal Service in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the 'Clifton Merriman Post Office Building'.
  3. ↑ "CLIFTON MERRIMAN, 95 DECORATED WWI ARMY VETERAN", The Boston Globe (July 7, 1989).
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