Public Safety Building
Also known as: Old Post Office, U.S. Courthouse and Post OfficeFrederick and Liberty Sts., Cumberland, Maryland
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Photo taken by Jim Allen in March 2013
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Coordinates:
+39.65260, -78.7625539°39'09" N, 78°45'45" W
Quadrangle map:Cumberland
Description
Originally the United States Courthouse and Post Office. The Downtown Cumberland Historic District, created later, included this building.
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1973
- Reference number
- 73000883
- Architectural style
- Other architectural type; Georgian Revival
- Areas of significance
- Architecture; Social History
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic functions
- Courthouse; Post office
- Current function
- Correctional facility
- Period of significance
- 1900-1924
- Significant years
- 1902; 1904
Update Log
- April 25, 2017: New Street View added by Michael Miller
- September 2, 2015: Updated by Jim Allen: added historic district note
- March 28, 2013: Updated by Jim Allen: Added description
- March 28, 2013: New photos from Jim Allen