John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse

United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Federal Building
Location 5 Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′26″N 71°3′25″W / 42.35722°N 71.05694°W / 42.35722; -71.05694Coordinates: 42°21′26″N 71°3′25″W / 42.35722°N 71.05694°W / 42.35722; -71.05694
Area 2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built 1931–1933
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP reference # 11000160[1]
Added to NRHP April 8, 2011

The John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse, formerly the United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Federal Building is a historic building at 5 Post Office Square in Boston, Massachusetts. The twenty-two story, 331-foot (101 m) skyscraper was built between 1931 and 1933 to house federal courts, offices, and post office facilities. The Art Deco and Moderne structure was designed in a collaboration between the Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury Department and the Boston architectural firm of Cram and Ferguson. It occupies a city block bounded by Congress, Devonshire, Water, and Milk Streets, and has over 600,000 square feet of floor space. The exterior of the building is faced in granite from a variety of New England sources, as well as Indiana limestone.[2]

The building is named for John W. McCormack, a long-serving Boston Congressman who was Speaker of the House from 1962 to 1971.

The building was designated a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1998 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Federal Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-28.


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