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Built c. 1820, it is locally significant as a fine example of vernacular
Federal style architecture. The Augustus Post for whom it is named was Capt. Ezekiel Augustus Post (1775-1854) who fought as part of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia in the war of 1812. Post, a craftsman, married three times
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