{"nrhp_refnum":"86001341","name":"US Post Office-Newburyport Main","other_names":["Newburyport Main Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"61 Pleasant St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newburyport","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.37975000200004,"lon":-71.09357163399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-06-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red brick Georgian Revival post office at 61 Pleasant Street in downtown Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, built 1927-1928 under the U.S. Treasury Department.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a representative, relatively intact example of Georgian Revival design reflecting the Treasury Department's 1910s-1920s policy of erecting buildings suited to local conditions. It is also seen as a symbol of Newburyport's prosperity in the late 1920s and was the city's first permanent post office.","narrative":"Located at the corner of Pleasant and Green Streets in downtown Newburyport, this post office was built between July 1927 and May 1928 on the site of the old Star Theatre. Treasury Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore oversaw the design, with local architect Arthur Shorrick preparing plans. The two-story building is red brick laid in English bond, with marble trim, corner quoins, a slate hip roof and three arched Palladian-motif openings. Its quoins and brick echo the neighboring 1851 City Hall. Inside, a two-story public lobby has a red quarry tile floor, paneled wood dado and coffered plaster ceiling. It was funded under the Public Buildings Act of 1926 and was the first permanent postal location in the city. Its modest scale, in contrast to the monumental post offices of the early 1900s, reflects a policy of fitting federal buildings to their communities. The building also reflects Newburyport's prosperity in the late 1920s. Alterations include a widened service counter and a replaced interior front wall after a roof collapse.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"James A. Wetmore, Supervising Architect; Arthur (A.M.) Shorrick, local architect; A.M. Lundburg, Builder","architectural_style":"Colonial / Georgian Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and occupied; roof repaired and reslated, and exterior repointed in 1985.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.876345-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/7946/63794674/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001341.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001341/5e3c859a8e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001341/5e3c859a8e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office_Newburyport_Main,_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office_Newburyport_Main,_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794674","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office%E2%80%93Newburyport_Main","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891165"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/us-post-office-newburyport-main-86001341/"}