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Federal Building (Laconia, New Hampshire)

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with red brick and granite, a stripped Classical Revival style. The main façade is divided into three sections, with a slightly projecting central entrance section. Its three bays are articulated by wide granite pilasters, with additional pilasters at the corners. They rise to an entablature bearing the legend "United States Department of Agriculture", and a shallow pedimented gable. Windows in the outer sections have granite sills, and the building corners have granite quoins.
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Laconia's former Federal Building is located on the north side of downtown Laconia, on the east side of Main Street just north of its junction with the multiuse Winnisquam Trail. It is a two-story structure, built originally in a T-shape with a frame of steel and concrete. Its exterior is finished
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The structure was designed by Louis A. Simon, the Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury Department, and was built from 1939 to 1940. It was expanded to an H shape with a sympathetic addition in 1966. It originally housed the administrative offices of the
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Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Belknap County, New Hampshire
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structure was designed by Louis A. Simon and completed 1940.
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List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire
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Federal Building (Laconia, New Hampshire) is located in New Hampshire
Federal Building (Laconia, New Hampshire) is located in the United States
Laconia, New Hampshire
43°31′50″N 71°28′17″W / 43.53056°N 71.47139°W / 43.53056; -71.47139
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Laconia, New Hampshire
White Mountain National Forest
National Register of Historic Places
Classical Revival

Section of Painting and Sculpture
Musa McKim
White Mountain National Forest
United States Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Philip Guston
Musa McKim
National Register of Historic Places listings in Belknap County, New Hampshire


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National Register of Historic Places
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