U.S. Post Office-Laconia Main
Description and history
Laconia's main post office is located on the northeast side of its downtown area, at the southeast corner of Church and Beacon streets. It is a single-story masonry structure, built of brick with stone trim. Its main entrance is located on the corner diagonal, and features a colonnade of six Corinthian columns in front of matching pilasters. The stairs leading to the main entry are flanked by wrought iron lamp posts with globular lights. The entrance, now modernized doors, is flanked by paired casement windows with transom windows and decorative carved panels above. The building is topped by a parapet with a dentillated cornice that extends around the building. The side elevations have three windows each, articulated by brick pilasters and topped by decorative carved stone panels. The interior lobby, although it has been modernized, features murals depicting the area's natural beauty, painted by Loran Percy in 1980 and 1982.
The building was constructed in 1916-17, its design provided by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury, then headed by James A. Wetmore.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for US Post Office-Laconia Main". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-07.