National Register of Historic Places

Lowell Post Office

Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Listed
October 3, 2002
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
02001084

About this property

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 court system.

Location

89 Appleton St.
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
42.64117, -71.30906

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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Sources

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When was Lowell Post Office listed on the National Register?

Lowell Post Office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 2002.

What type of historic resource is Lowell Post Office?

Lowell Post Office is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Lowell Post Office?

The period of significance for Lowell Post Office is recorded as the industrial era.

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