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The Weiss Center, formerly the U.S. Post Office-Manchester Main is a historic building at 491 Main Street in
Manchester, Connecticut Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 59,713. The urban center of the town is the Manchester census-designated place, with a population of 36,379 at the 202 ...
. It was built in 1931 and was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1986 for its architecture. It includes
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,
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, and
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architectural features.


Description and history

The Robert Weiss Center is located at the northern end of Manchester's main downtown commercial district, at the northeast corner of Main Street (
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) and Center Street (
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). It is a single-story masonry structure, built out of brick with limestone trim, with a unique pentagonal floorplan. It presents a broad three-bay front entry facade at an angle to the street intersection, with a projecting Classical four-column portico at the center. The portico has round Doric columns rising to an entablature and a gabled pediment studded with
modillion A modillion is an ornate bracket, more horizontal in shape and less imposing than a corbel. They are often seen underneath a cornice which it helps to support. Modillions are more elaborate than dentils (literally translated as small teeth). All ...
blocks. The center of the gable is decorated with garlands and swags. The flanking windows are tall round-headed sashes. The interior lobby area features brown tile flooring with white marble borders and wainscoting. The building was constructed in 1931 by the federal government to serve as Manchester's main post office. It has a unique design, prompted by difficulties of its location, credited to United States Supervising Architect
James Wetmore James Alfonso Wetmore (November 1863 – March 14, 1940) was an American lawyer and administrator, best known as the Acting Supervising Architect of the U.S. Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department from 1915 through 1933 ...
. It was built by Pieretti Brothers contractors. and The post office occupied it until 1991, after which the building was acquired by the city. It was officially named the Weiss Center in 1994.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford County, Connecticut __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places designations in Hartford County, Connecticut. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hartford Coun ...
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List of United States post offices Several United States post offices are individually notable and have operated under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or of the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Notable U.S. post offices include in ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:United States Post Office (Manchester, Connecticut) Colonial Revival architecture in Connecticut Neoclassical architecture in Connecticut Georgian Revival architecture in Connecticut Government buildings completed in 1931 Buildings and structures in Hartford County, Connecticut
Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
Manchester, Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in Hartford County, Connecticut