{"nrhp_refnum":"86001186","name":"US Post Office-Weymouth Landing","other_names":["Weymouth Landing Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"103 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Weymouth","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.21822819300007,"lon":-70.96682573699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A federal post office building at 103 Washington Street in Weymouth, Massachusetts, built 1940-1941 of local seam-faced granite in the Colonial Revival style, designed under Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon and built by T.W. Cunningham, Inc.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building reflects nationwide trends in 1930s-40s government building design, with an efficient plan and local granite used to help the local economy. It was the first federal building erected in Weymouth. Its lobby mural by Guy Pene du Bois, painted in 1942 for the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture, adds artistic significance.","narrative":"Weymouth Landing Post Office, at 103 Washington Street, was built between 1940 and 1941 and dedicated on October 23, 1941, at a cost of $78,000. It was the first federal building erected in Weymouth. The five-bay, symmetrical building is faced in seam-faced Weymouth granite, with a Colonial Revival entrance of fluted Doric columns, a slate roof and a cupola. Local granite was chosen over costlier imported stone to support the town's economy, and construction helped briefly revive the area's quarrying industry. Louis A. Simon was supervising architect and T.W. Cunningham, Inc. the builder. Inside, the public lobby has a terrazzo floor, marble wainscot and mahogany walls. Above the postmaster's door hangs a 1942 oil mural by Guy Pene du Bois showing the Pilgrims landing on Weymouth's shore in 1622, commissioned through the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture. The building was recognized for its architecture, its local materials and this mural.","period_of_significance":"1940-1941","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; T.W. Cunningham, Inc., Builder","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, with some alterations such as replacement aluminum and glass entry doors; the form marks it as occupied public property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.322714-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/7962/63796224/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001186.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001186/eb125d2ec0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001186/eb125d2ec0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WeymouthMA_PostOffice.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WeymouthMA_PostOffice.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796224","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office%E2%80%93Weymouth_Landing","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715896"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/us-post-office-weymouth-landing-86001186/"}