At 16 South Street in Litchfield is a commercial block, built by a member of the Beckwith family in 1896. It has served as the Litchfield Post Office since 1958. In the early 1980s, Litchfield citizens successfully fought to prevent the Post Office from moving to a large facility on the outskirts of town. $175,000 was raised to buy the building from its private owners by a partnership led by the Litchfield Preservation Trust. An additional $165,000 was then raised to remodel the building to comply with government mandates, and for architectural and legal fees. The remolded Post Office was rededicated in November, 1982.
Beckwith Block, Litchfield (1896)