New Hampshire Legislative Office Building (The Old Post Office)

The Old Post Office, which opened for business in 1884, stands as a monument to Concord's thriving granite industry. The predominant use of local granite in the district's buildings underscores New Hampshire's nickname "The Granite State." At its apex during the middle to the late nineteenth century, the city's granite industry employed more than one thousand men, furnishing buildings in the city as well as prominent buildings such as the Library of Congress, the Boston City Hall, and the U.S. Customs House in New Orleans.

Enjoying a Gothic and Renaissance motif with Romanesque-Revival detailing, the ashlar-Concord granite structure stands three stories comprised of a basement and two upper floors. From 1884 to 1967, the building functioned as the town's post office, pension office, and courthouse. With the building largely left vacant, it faced the threat of demolition. But, the state purchased the building in 1974 and subsequently remodeled it to house its state legislative offices; it continues to be known as the New Hampshire Legislative Office Building.  

Lyford, James O., ed. "History of Concord, New Hampshire From the Original Grant in Seventeen Hundred and Twenty-Five to the Opening of the Twentieth Century,." City History Commission. Concord, New Hampshire. Accessed September 16, 2019. http://concordnh.gov/1047/Lyfords-History-of-Concord.

Mausolf, Lisa B. "Nomination Form: Concord Civic District." National Register of Historic Places. nps.gov. December 22, 1983. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/83004203_text.

Rexford, John. "Nomination Form: Old Post Office." National Register of Historic Places. nps.gov. August 13, 1973. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/73000269_text. The nomination form was published prior to the state purchasing the building and converting it into legislative offices.