United States Post Office–Weymouth Landing, Weymouth

Name: United States Post Office–Weymouth Landing
Address: Weymouth, United States

#6 among attractions in Weymouth

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United States Post Office–Weymouth Landing

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The US Post Office-Weymouth Landing is a historic post office building at 103 Washington Street in Weymouth, Massachusetts. The single story stone building was built in 1941, and is locally distinctive as a rare construction in granite. The basic design of the building is similar to other post office designs of the 1930s and 1940s. It has a five-bay facade, three of which project, providing the entrance. The building is topped by a side-gable roof with a wooden cornice, with a louvered belfry topping the roof. ()

Built: 1940 (84 years ago)Coordinates: 42°13'5"N, 70°58'2"W

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Weymouth (Weymouth Landing)Weymouth United States

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Day trips

United States Post Office–Weymouth Landing – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: South Shore Plaza, Loring Hall Cinema, Braintree Municipal Golf Course, USS Salem.

2.9 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
South Shore Plaza, Braintree
74 min walk • South Shore Plaza is a shopping mall in Braintree, Massachusetts, owned by Simon Property Group. It is near the Braintree Split interchange, off the I-93 / US 1 and Route 37 junction.
4.3 miE
Theater
Loring Hall Cinema, Hingham
111 min walk • Loring Hall Cinema is a historic building located in downtown Hingham, Massachusetts. The cinema was originally opened in 1852 as a meeting hall with the intent to provide the town with a suitable building for lectures, picnics, and social meetings of all kinds.
2.7 miSW
42°11'46"N • 71°0'38"W
Braintree Municipal Golf Course, Braintree
69 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
1.8 miN
Naval museum on a heavy cruiser ship
USS Salem, Quincy
46 min walk • USS Salem is a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser completed for the United States Navy shortly after World War II and commissioned in 1949. The second ship of her class, she was the world's last heavy cruiser to enter service and the last remaining. She was decommissioned in 1959 after serving in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
1.8 miN
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum, Quincy
46 min walk • The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is a private non-profit museum in Quincy, Massachusetts featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945.
1.8 miW
Church
All Souls Church, Braintree
45 min walk • All Souls Church, also known as All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Braintree, is a church on the National Register of Historic Places, it is located at 196 Elm Street in Braintree, Massachusetts.
2.1 miSW
Historical place, Museum, Saltbox architecture
Gen. Sylvanus Thayer House, Braintree
54 min walk • The Gen. Sylvanus Thayer House, also known as the Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace, is an historic house at 786 Washington Street in Braintree, Massachusetts.
4.6 miNW
42°14'38"N • 71°2'57"W
Granite Links Golf Club, Quincy
117 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
1.5 miNE
42°13'57"N • 70°56'44"W
Abigail Adams House, Weymouth
38 min walk • Historical place, Museum
0.9 miSW
Park
Pond Meadow Park, Weymouth
23 min walk • Pond Meadow Park is a 320 acres multi use park located between the towns of Braintree and Weymouth in Massachusetts. It has a 20 acres pond and dam that provide floodplain protection to the nearby Weymouth Landing Area.
2.3 miNE
Park
Great Esker Park, Weymouth
58 min walk • Great Esker Park consists mostly of a geological formation known as an esker formed by a glacier 12,000 years ago. It is along the Weymouth Back River in Weymouth and across the river from Bare Cove Park in Hingham.