John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse
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United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Federal Building
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| Location | 5 Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′26″N 71°3′25″W / 42.35722°N 71.05694°WCoordinates: 42°21′26″N 71°3′25″W / 42.35722°N 71.05694°W |
| Area | 2.2 acres (0.89 ha) |
| Built | 1931-33 |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP Reference # | 11000160 |
| Added to NRHP | April 8, 2011 |
The John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse, formerly the United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Federal Building is an historic building at 5 Post Office Square in Boston, Massachusetts. The twenty-two story, 331-foot (101 m) skyscraper was built between 1931 and 1933 to house federal courts, offices, and post office facilities. The Art Deco and Moderne structure was designed in a collaboration between the Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury Department and the Boston architectural firm of Cram and Ferguson. It occupies a city block bounded by Congress, Devonshire, Water, and Milk Streets, and has over 600,000 square feet of floor space. The exterior of the building is faced in granite from a variety of New England sources, as well as Indiana limestone.
The building was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1998 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse from the corner of Milk and Pearl Streets
Above the entrance facing Congress Street
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