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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The West Medford post office. (search)
econd-story entablature United States Post Office, and above all the staff from which the stars and stripes daily fly. Its frontage is fifty-two feet, its depth ninety-two feet, and it occupies a lot beside Whitmore brook, hitherto vacant from time immemorial. In 1872 the Congregational parish thought of building there, but its architect deemed the site unsuitable. One of the clerical force, Warren E. Wescott, has given an excellent account of this post office from its institution in November, 1852 (elaborating that of Mr. Farnum in Register, Vol. XVI, p. 38):— The office occupied a space about ten feet square in the back part of the store, the entrance being from the Harvard avenue door. The residents mailed their letters through a slot in the front door. The slot, though plugged, can still be seen. Mr. Baldwin held office until May 3, 1859. Franklin Patch was appointed to succeed Mr. Baldwin and held office until September 25, 1866. Mr. Patch was a carpenter engaged i