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{{Infobox NRHP
{{Infobox_nrhp | name = Old Post Office Building
| nrhp_type =
| image = Old Post Office Building, Brockton MA.jpg▼
| captionimage = Old Post Office Building, Brockton MA.jpg
▲ | imagecaption = Old Post Office Building, Brockton MA.jpg
| location = 43 Crescent St.,<br/>[[Brockton, Massachusetts]]
| lat_degrees = 42
| coordinates = {{coord|42|4|51|N|71|1|10|W|display=inline,title}}
| lat_minutes = 4
| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA▼
| lat_seconds = 51
| area =▼
| lat_direction = N
| long_degreesbuilt = 711898
| architect = [[James Knox Taylor]]▼
| long_minutes = 1
| architecture = Colonial Revival, Other▼
| long_seconds = 10
| long_direction = W
▲ | locmapin = Massachusetts
▲ | area =
| built =1898
▲| architect= [[James Knox Taylor]]
▲| architecture= Colonial Revival, Other
| added = March 8, 1978
| refnum = 78000474<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>▼
| governing_body = Local
| refnum=78000474
▲<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
}}
 
The '''Old Post Office Building''' is a historic building in [[Brockton, Massachusetts]]. The two story brick [[Colonial Revival]]-style [[post office]] was built in 1898 and expanded in 1932. It was designed under the auspices of the federal government's supervising architect, James Knox Taylor, as a copy of [[Independence Hall]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]].<ref name=MACRIS>{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=bro.20|title=MACRIS inventory record for Old Post Office Building|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref> The building was renovated in 1977 and became home of the Brockton Public Schools central administration offices.
'''Old Post Office Building''' is an historic building on Crescent Street in [[Brockton, Massachusetts]].
 
The building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.<ref name="nris"/>
The [[Colonial Revival]] style post office was built in 1898 and expanded in 1932.
 
== See also ==
The building was renovated in 1977 and became home of the Brockton Public Schools central administration offices. The building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.
*[[Brockton City Hall]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts]]
*[[List of United States post offices]]
 
== References ==
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{{RegisteredNational Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}
 
[[Category:Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts|Brockton]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Brockton, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts]]
 
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