United States Post Office–Somerville Main
The interior of the main floor consists of the public lobby area, which includes an enclosed vestibule area at the main entrance, with small offices on either side, and a work area to the rear. The vestibule is set one-half floor below the main lobby area, with stairs rising from the main entrance to the left and right, and is framed in stained wood that matches other woodwork in the lobby area. The floors of the lobby and vestibule are finished in multiple colors of marble, as is the wainscoting on the walls.
The upper portion of the east lobby wall contains a mural entitled A Skirmish between British and Colonists near Somerville in Revolutionary Times, painted by Ross Moffett in 1937 and commissioned by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. The mural depicts skirmishing that took place in the Union Square area in the later phases of the 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolutionary War.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The Post Office sold the building in 2017.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerville, Massachusetts
- List of United States post offices
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for US Post Office-Somerville Main". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ "Local tech company to occupy historic Union Square post office". Retrieved 2017-10-27.
External links
Media related to United States Post Office–Somerville Main at Wikimedia Commons