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Lowell Post Office
The 1895 Lowell Post Office is an historic post office building at 89 Appleton Street in Lowell, Massachusetts. The imposing two-story granite building was completed in 1895 to a design by W. J. Edbrooke. The building has an H shape, and has a profusion of typical Richardsonian Romanesque features, included rounded arches over windows and a recessed entry. The focal point of the building is its five-story square clock tower, which is topped by a pyramidal roof supported by tripled round arches on each face. The building was used as a post office until 1936, when a new building on Kearney Square (now the F. Bradford Morse Federal Building) was put in service. The building continued to house federal offices until the 1970s, by which time its ownership had been transferred to the city. The city then used it for offices until the 1990s. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It now houses a division of the Middlesex County juvenile cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Post Office (Lowell, Massachusetts)
The F. Bradford Morse Federal Building, formerly the United States Post Office is a historic post office at 50 Kearney Square in Lowell, Massachusetts. The building was designed by George Augustine Daidy and was built in 1930. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The building was acquired in 1996 by Middlesex Community College (Massachusetts), Middlesex Community College, which renovated the facility for $11 million. It was renamed in honor of local Congressman and statesman F. Bradford Morse on December 8, 2006. Today, the building houses the MCC Lowell campus library, the Honors Center, and art studio and classrooms. It is distinct from 1895 Lowell Post Office, which is also listed on the National Register. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowell, Massachusetts References Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts, Morse Buildings and structures in Lowell, Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |