Main Street Post Office - Ann Arbor
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N 42° 16.983 W 083° 44.896
17T E 273397 N 4684861
The old Main Street Post office building is located on Main street, just North of the downtown Ann Arbor area.
Waymark Code: WM87V9
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2010
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The Michigan Preservation website at (
visit link) tells us:
"The Main Street Post Office is a rectangular, single-story Second Renaissance Revival building with a projecting central bay flanked by two subsidiary wings, one of which is extended. A raised stone foundation supports a watertable and walls of smooth, regularly coursed grey limestone topped by flat roofs. The entrance facade's central bay is topped by a turned spindle balustrade and features garland window hoods over the five rectangular windows and a classical door frame. The two wings are both topped by balustrades with Vitruvian scroll decoration and the extended wing features flat arch windows with geometric voussoirs.
Ann Arbor's Main Street Post Office is a fine example of a classically inspired design especially significant for its architecturally sensitive addition. The original building was constructed in 1909 by C. Hoertz and Sons of Grand Rapids with funding obtained by Congressman Charles E. Townsend. The wing extension completed in 1932 by the Rice Construction Company of Chicago greatly expanded the space of the building and complemented the original structure in design and materials."