Main Post Office (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
| NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Art Deco (architecture)
USA /
Connecticut /
Bridgeport /
Bridgeport, Connecticut /
Middle Street, 120
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/ Connecticut
/ Bridgeport
World / United States / Connecticut
post office, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Art Deco (architecture)
120 Middle St
Bridgeport, CT
(203) 332-5302
www.usps.com
Historic U.S. post office listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
- Built: 1932-1934
- Architect: Charles Wellington Walker (Bridgeport, CT)
- Architectural style: Art Deco
- Areas of significance: Art; Architecture
- Also known as: United States Post Office -- Bridgeport Main (NRHP name)
- Date added to NRHP: 3/17/1986
- Other designations: contributing property to the Bridgeport Downtown North Historic District
In addition to its architectural significance, this post office is also one of many in the country that contains art commissioned by the U.S. government under the Section of Painting and Sculpture, a program initiated to provide work to struggling artists during the Great Depression. This location contains wall murals by R.L. Lambdin (Westport, CT) and Arthur Covey (Torrington, CT).
NRHP #86000453
Bridgeport, CT
(203) 332-5302
www.usps.com
Historic U.S. post office listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
- Built: 1932-1934
- Architect: Charles Wellington Walker (Bridgeport, CT)
- Architectural style: Art Deco
- Areas of significance: Art; Architecture
- Also known as: United States Post Office -- Bridgeport Main (NRHP name)
- Date added to NRHP: 3/17/1986
- Other designations: contributing property to the Bridgeport Downtown North Historic District
In addition to its architectural significance, this post office is also one of many in the country that contains art commissioned by the U.S. government under the Section of Painting and Sculpture, a program initiated to provide work to struggling artists during the Great Depression. This location contains wall murals by R.L. Lambdin (Westport, CT) and Arthur Covey (Torrington, CT).
NRHP #86000453
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office–Bridgeport_Main
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°10'49"N 73°11'17"W
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- Downtown Bridgeport 0.2 km
- Bridgeport Downtown North Historic District 0.2 km
- Bridgeport Downtown South Historic District 0.4 km
- Steel Point 0.8 km
- East Bridgeport Historic District 0.8 km
- Former Remington Arms ammunition plant 1.5 km
- Lakeview Cemetery 2.2 km
- Long Island Sound 18 km
- Fairfield County, Connecticut 24 km
- New Haven County, Connecticut 32 km