{"nrhp_refnum":"87000309","name":"Santuit Post Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Barnstable","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":41.63515535000005,"lon":-70.44978160399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small 1 1/2-story Gothic Revival building on Main Street in the Cotuit-Santuit area of Barnstable, Massachusetts, built about 1846-48 as a village post office and now used as a dwelling.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant for its link to the growth of Cotuit Port as the village center and for serving as the village post office from 1846 to 1970. It is also described as a good example of early Gothic Revival architecture. Its small size and detailing resemble seaside resort cottages of the mid-1800s.","narrative":"Built around 1846-48 on Main Street in the Cotuit-Santuit area of Barnstable, this small building served as the village post office until the 1970s and has since been converted to a private dwelling. It is a simple 1 1/2-story structure with a steeply pitched gable roof, flush board siding, an oriel in the second-story gable, and a one-story porch protecting the side entry; the porch now rests on tubular metal supports that replaced earlier posts. Its diminutive size and Gothic Revival detailing resemble the seaside resort cottages built between 1850 and 1875. The local survey reasons that the post office was probably moved closer to the growing Cotuit Port section after the death of first postmaster Roland Crocker in 1846, rather than dating from the original 1821 establishment. It was listed for its role in the village's development and as a good example of early Gothic Revival architecture. The same lot holds the Silas Jones House and a barn, built between 1880 and 1907.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Closed as a post office in the 1970s and converted to a private dwelling; condition described as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.995155-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7890/63789063/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/87000309.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000309/fec4410b45-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000309/fec4410b45-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BarnstableMA_OldSantuitPostOffice.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">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:BarnstableMA_OldSantuitPostOffice.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789063","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santuit_Post_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7420720"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/santuit-post-office-87000309/"}