 The Bristol Customshouse and Post Office is historically significant as " an example of the rediscovery of the Italian palazzo mode of architecture after the long proliferation @-@ of the Greek Revival . " Though Young designed dozens of building for the United States Department of the Treasury , he was a master of the Greek Revival style and his designs varied throughout the years during the popularization of subsequent styles . Young also designed the United States Customshouse in Providence , Rhode Island a year prior , but its design reflected a more " classical , academic theme " in a more Tuscan style . The Bristol Customshouse and Post Office " serves as an excellent example of a style that is little represented in a town which has fine buildings of other styles and periods , and is a reminder of what was once one of the most active seaports in the northeast " . 
