July 27th On over to Sanford for chores and Nat Register sites

Headed on over to Sanford Maine today to check out some shopping spots, did several, and a couple of National Register sites, plus found three new markers. 

One stop was the old Post Office, on the National Register:

 

The US Post Office-Sanford Maine is the main post office of Sanford, Maine. It is located at 28 School Street, near the city's central business district. Built in 1932 and enlarged to include other federal offices in 1965, it is an architecturally distinguished building with Classical and Colonial Revival features. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

The main Sanford post office is located at the northeast corner of School and Mousam Streets, two blocks southeast of the city center. It is a tall single story brick building, with its primary entrance facing School Street and a secondary entrance on Mousam. A lower single-story addition is connected to the building at its eastern end, which has a separate entrance. The main block is red brick, laid in Flemish bond, with granite and marble trim elements. The main entrance is sheltered by a marble portico supported by marble columns. Three bays at the center of the façade project slightly, and are topped by a gabled pediment. Its corners are quoined, as are the main corners. The secondary entrance also has a marble surround, with pilasters instead of columns. The interior lobby fixtures and furnishings are all original.

The building was constructed in 1932, to a design by John P. Thomas of Portland. The design work was funded by a federal Depression-era program intended to provide employment for regional architects. In 1965 the building was enlarged to include other federal offices


Right up the street was the Goodall Memorial Library- 

The Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library is the public library serving Sanford, Maine. It is located at 952 Main Street, in an architecturally distinguished Colonial Revival brick building built in 1937, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

The Goodall Library is located at the northern corner of Main and Elm Streets, just south of Sanford center. The original 1937 Georgian Revival structure is 1-1/2 stories in height, built of brick with a slate roof and cupola. A central horizontal section is flanked by projecting gabled sections on either side. To the rear of this block stands a two-story modern addition built in 1976. The 1937 portion was designed by Portland architect William O. Armitage, and was a gift to the town by Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Thornburgh, named in honor of her father, Louis B. Goodall, who was one of the town's most well-known residents. The building is owned by the city and managed by a board of trustees.
On June 18, 1898, the Sanford Library Association was organized to provide library service to the people of Sanford. Thomas Goodall, first president of the library association, allowed his School Street property to be used as a home for the library. It opened for the circulation of books on December 31, 1898, and on June 1, 1900 the library was made accessible to the general public free of charge.
The Carpentier Branch opened in 1950, but closed due to budget cuts in 1991. The village of Springvale has its own public library located 2.5 miles from the Goodall Library

Also found three new monuments in the Downtown Center Park:
One for a local fellow, Thomas Goodall, an Englishman who founded the big mill of the town:


In the same park there were two war memorials, well one and a flagpole:

Then we hit a couple of stores on the way back home, Marden's where we found a few things, and a Stained Glass Shop that Bette knew about, and then finally Wal Mart. 

Nice leisurely day.