US Post Office-Laconia Main

The US Post Office-Laconia Main is a historic post office building at 33 Church Street in Laconia, New Hampshire. Occupying a prominent corner site near the city's central business district, this Beaux Arts building was built in 1916-17 to a design by James Wetmore. Its main entrance is located on the corner diagonal, and features a colonnade of six Corinthian columns in front of matching pilasters. The stairs leading to the main entry are flanked by wrought iron lamp posts with globular lights. The interior lobby, although it has been modernized, features murals depicting the area's natural beauty, painted by Loran Percy in 1980 and 1982.The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.