SW corner of 2nd and Williams Sts., New Bedford, Massachusetts. County/parish: Bristol.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 30, 1970. NRIS 70000735.
1 contributing building.
The United States Customhouse is a historic and active custom house at 2nd and William Streets in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Architect Robert Mills designed the custom house in 1834 in a Greek Revival style. It has been used by the U.S. Customs Service ever since, and today serves as a port of entry.
The building was designated a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 for its architectural significance as one of the finest modest Greek Revival government buildings in New England.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793653