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Old Town Main Post Office

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The Old Town Main Post Office is set on the north side of Center Street, at its junction with Shirley Street, just off Main Street. It is a two-story structure, built out of dressed stone, with a flat roof and a main facade with Classical proportions. It is divided into five bays separated by
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at the top and a projecting sill at the bottom. Second-floor windows are roughly square, and also have a projecting sill. Above them is a band of
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engaged paneled columns. The outer bays each have tall sash windows recessed in rectangular openings with
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in which small diamond-grilled windows are set, and a projecting
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above. The entrance is recessed in an elaborately carved
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Old Town Main Post Office is located in Maine
Old Town Main Post Office is located in the United States
Old Town, Maine
44°56′5″N 68°38′48″W / 44.93472°N 68.64667°W / 44.93472; -68.64667
Office of the Supervising Architect
Oscar Wenderoth
Classical Revival
86002958
Old Town, Maine
Classical Revival
Office of the Supervising Architect
Oscar Wenderoth
Tarsney Act
National Register of Historic Places
keystones
fretwork
entablature
cornice
architrave
terrazzo
wainscoting
transoms
National Register of Historic Places listings in Penobscot County, Maine
List of United States post offices


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places

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