[2] The Wakefield Post Office is set on the west side of Main Street, at the southwest corner with Yale Avenue.

Its front facade is five bays wide, the center three recessed behind a pair of fluted Doric columns and flanking square pillars, which are also found at the building corners.

The outer bays each have a large sash window, above which are circular panels with decorative plaques, giving the building a hint of the then-popular Art Moderne style.

[2] Wakefield's first post office was in the private home of its postmaster, David Norcross, at Main and Chestnut Streets.

The current structure was built by the federal government as a Depression-era works project, which including hiring a local architect, Edward M. Bridge, to design it.