The United States Post Office at 89 North Colony Street in Meriden, which has a dressed limestone facade embellished with classical ornamentation, is a notable example of Beaux Arts architecture. It was built by by James Knox Taylor, who was Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury from 1897 to 1912. Also known as the Meriden Main Post Office, the building was designed in 1907 by and was constructed in 1909 as one of only twelve post offices built that year by the U.S. Government. An addition to the post office, designed under the supervision of James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury, was completed in 1932.
Meriden Main Post Office (1909)
This building has been restored as the offices of DeCarlo and Doll architeture and engineering firm. See a description here: http://www.decarloanddoll.com/DD_office_1.html.