Federal Building
a.k.a. Federal Office Building
719 Main St., Laconia, NHThe Federal Building, Laconia, New Hampshire possesses local significance as a notable example of a federal government building in this community erected under the New Deal-era federal programs designed in the 1930s to relieve the economic problems caused by the Great Depression. The federal building is also locally significant as a notable example of the Simplified Classical architectural style with Art Deco-style detailing popularized through the federal building projects of the 1930s and 1940s. The building is significant under National Register Criterion A (properties that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history) and Criterion C (properties that embody a distinctive characteristic of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master).
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.