{"nrhp_refnum":"86001213","name":"US Post Office-Milton Main","other_names":["Milton Main Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"499 Adams St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milton","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.258423021000056,"lon":-71.04239077499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A granite post office building at 499 Adams Street in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, built in 1936 and dedicated in January 1937. The design came from the office of Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building represents the construction and design policies of the Public Works Administration in the late 1930s, including use of local materials, standardized methods and efficient plans. It is a simple Colonial Revival design topped by a landmark cupola. The lobby also holds a Treasury Relief Art Project mural by Elizabeth Tracy.","narrative":"Milton's main post office, at 499 Adams Street, was built in 1936 and dedicated on January 27, 1937. Its walls are local quarried granite, with oversized blocks as lintels, stucco gable ends and a copper-covered roof crowned by a circular wooden cupola. The five-bay front has a pedimented central entrance reached by fifteen steps, with a carved eagle between two hatchets in the pediment. Inside, a carved wood vestibule leads to a lobby with terrazzo floors and marble wainscot. The design came from the office of Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon and reflects Public Works Administration goals of quick construction, local materials and efficient plans; the building went up in seven months. It brought mail distribution under one roof, replacing five separate post offices. The lobby mural, painted by Cambridge artist Elizabeth Tracy for the Treasury Relief Art Project, depicts the Suffolk Resolves and the Boston Massacre. The building is a Colonial Revival landmark in the town.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and occupied; it serves as the Milton Main Post Office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.172055-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/7962/63796218/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001213.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001213/833e789dba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001213/833e789dba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milton_MA_Main_Post_Office_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milton_MA_Main_Post_Office_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796218","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office%E2%80%93Milton_Main","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715895"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/us-post-office-milton-main-86001213/"}