Post Office, Bar Harbor, Me. 556]

Post Office, Bar Harbor, Me. 556]

Post Office, Bar Harbor, Me. This handsome granite Classical Revival building was one of twelve post offices built in 1909, and is reflective of the government's trend at that time to use classical architecture as a way to express democratic ideals and institutions. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The building is located in an area that was hard hit by Bar Harbor's devastating 1947 fire. "Post Office, Bar Harbor, Me. 556]" Street Scene, Buildings, Post Office, Car, Bicycle, People, Flag [According to Willie Granston, the PO was built in 1910.--MW, 2011]