The former United States Post Office in Westport, Connecticut is a historic post office building at 154 Post Road East in Westport, Connecticut. The building, built in 1935, is located in downtown Westport. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]
United States Post Office, Westport, Connecticut | |
Location | 154 Post Road East, Westport, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°08′28.44″N 73°21′35.34″W / 41.1412333°N 73.3598167°W |
Built | 1935 |
Architect | Holden, Lansing C. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Art Deco |
NRHP reference No. | 12000001[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 3, 2012 |
The building was sold to a private consortium for $2.35 million in May 2011. In August 2013, the building reopened as a restaurant called Post 154.[2] The restaurant, which featured a postal theme, closed in 2016.[3] Since 2017, the building has housed an outlet of the furniture chain Design Within Reach, a retail subsidiary of Herman Miller.[4]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Patricia Brooks (November 14, 2013). "Instead of Mail, Delivering Tasty Morsels". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ Dave Matlow (January 20, 2016). "Comings & Goings: Post 154 Closes". WestportNow. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ Evan Kalish (May 4, 2017). "Third Life: Westport, CT". Postlandia. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
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