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US Post Office-Central Square
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National Register of Historic Places

US Post Office-Central Square

Also known as Central Square Post Office; Cambridge "Branch A" Post Office

On the National Register since 198640 years
ClassicalListed 1986Cambridge
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About US Post Office-Central Square

US Post Office-Central Square, at 770 Massachusetts Ave., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jun 18, 1986. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Classical, as it does for 19 other Massachusetts listings. 20 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isBuilding in Massachusetts, United States. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 45 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1933 to today

  1. 1933Built, designed by Louis A. Simon; Charles R. Greco
  2. 1986Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 40 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

770 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1US Post Office-Central SquareStart here
  2. 2City Hall Historic DistrictItalianate · next door
  3. 3City Hall Historic DistrictRichardsonian Romanesque · next door
  4. 4Central Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)Early Republic · next door
  5. 5George Gale HouseCenter Gable Italianate · Built 1853 · next door
Around it

48 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BUrban RowhouseMansard · Built 18600.1 miBFirst Baptist ChurchGothic Revival · Built 18810.1 miBFirst Baptist ChurchFederal · Built 18250.1 miBCheney Read HouseGreek Revival · Built 18460.1 miDCentral Square Historic DistrictFederal0.1 miDUpper Magazine Street Historic DistrictQueen Anne0.2 miBAsa Ellis HouseFederal · Built 18050.2 miBUrban RowhouseMansard · Built 18750.2 miBUrban RowhouseRuskinian Gothic · Built 18740.2 miBOdd Fellows HallRichardsonian · Built 18840.2 miBProspect Congregational ChurchBuilt 18510.2 miDBigelow Street Historic DistrictMansard0.2 miBBuildings at 15-17 Lee St.Italianate · Built 18560.2 miBEphraim Atwood HouseGreek Revival · Built 18390.2 miBBuilding at 104-106 Hancock StreetGreek Revival · Built 18390.2 miBOpposition HouseFederal · Built 18070.2 miBValentine Soap Workers CottageFederal · Built 18350.3 miBValentine Soap Workers CottageFederal · Built 18350.3 mi
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DSalem-Auburn Streets Historic DistrictGeorgian0.3 miBRiver Street FirehouseQueen Anne · Built 18900.3 miDNorfolk Street Historic DistrictGreek Revival0.3 miBIsaac Melvin HouseGreek Revival · Built 18420.3 miBSarah Foster Colburn HouseGreek Revival · Built 18410.3 miBWilliam R. Jones HouseMansard · Built 18650.3 miBAlbert Vinal HouseGreek Revival · Built 18530.3 miDHarvard Street Historic DistrictGreek Revival0.3 miBEdmund Reardon HouseQueen Anne · Built 18840.4 miBAndrew Newman HouseLate Georgian · Built 18230.4 miBKennedy, F. A., Steam BakeryBuilt 18750.4 mi★Margaret Fuller HouseFederal · Built 18060.4 miBHiram Sands HouseGreek Revival · Built 18480.4 mi★Maria Baldwin HouseGreek Revival · Built 18450.4 miBDeane-Williams HouseItalianate · Built 18480.4 miDMaple Avenue Historic DistrictMansard0.4 miDOld Cambridgport Historic DistrictFederal0.5 miBGeorge Close Company BuildingBuilt 19100.5 miDHarvard Houses Historic DistrictNeo-Georgian0.5 miBBeth Israel SynagogueBrick Romanesque · Built 19010.5 miBIvory Sands HouseLate Federal · Built 18390.5 miBStickney-Shepard HouseGreek Revival0.5 miBRichard Hapgood HouseQueen Anne · Built 18890.5 miBWilliam F. Bradbury HouseMansard0.5 miBBuilding at 106-108 Inman StGreek Revival · Built 18450.5 miBBuildings at 110-112 Inman St.Greek Revival · Built 18450.5 miBBuilding at 102-104 Inman StreetGreek Revival · Built 18450.5 miBWare HallClassical Revival · Built 18930.5 miBGeorge Wyatt HouseItalianate · Built 18600.5 miBSecond Cambridge Savings Bank BuildingItalian Renaissance0.5 mi

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Questions about US Post Office-Central Square

Is US Post Office-Central Square on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Jun 18, 1986 (Register number 86001343).

Is US Post Office-Central Square a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Massachusetts has 189 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Margaret Fuller House, 0.4 miles away.

Can you visit US Post Office-Central Square?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of US Post Office-Central Square?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 45 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 63795590 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.