- Clifton Merriman Post Office Building
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U.S. Post Office-Central Square
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Coordinates: 42°21′58″N 71°6′23″W / 42.36611°N 71.10639°WCoordinates: 42°21′58″N 71°6′23″W / 42.36611°N 71.10639°W Built: 1933 Architect: Leland,James D., & Co.; Baven,John,Co.,Inc. Architectural style: Classical Revival Governing body: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE NRHP Reference#: 86001343
[1]Added to NRHP: June 18, 1986 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]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ 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'.
- ^ "CLIFTON MERRIMAN, 95 DECORATED WWI ARMY VETERAN", The Boston Globe (July 7, 1989).
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