Name/Title
Old Boston Post Office (not Wayland)Entry/Object ID
ph-50-120-nDescription
Old Boston Post Office Built in the late nineteenth century, it was the first post office building in
the city to be owned by the United States federal government. Laying the cornerstone took place in 1871 and was attended by President Ulysses S. Grant and members of the United States Cabinet. The completed building was designed by Supervising Architect Alfred B. Mullett and revised by William Appleton Potter, with architect Alexander Rice Esty serving as Supervisor of Construction (from 1876-1881). It was built in the Second Empire style and a prominent Mansard roof. It was an entire block between Milk, Congress, Water and Devonshire Streets.Collection
W. H. Folsom Shoebox CollectionAcquisition
Notes
(these were discovered in an old shoe box in the closet off the Stone Room, next to Willie’s shed in 1983)Made/Created
Artist
Folsom, Wallace HerbertDate made
circa 1929Lexicon
Search Terms
Folsom, Wallace Herbert, (1884-1954) -- Photographer Post Office, 1874-1929 -- Boston (Mass.) Boston Post Office -- DemolitionGeneral Notes
Note
[Total 761 negatives from original shoebox of Folsom negatives]