Another 'For Sale' sign has popped up in Adamsville. But unlike other recent property transfers, the possible sale of the town's US Post Office branch building and an adjoining single family home at 70 Crandall Road likely comes with fewer ramifications.

The $595,000 listing, by realtor Bridget Torrey at Gustav White Sotheby’s, is branded as a “unique investment opportunity,” and whoever buys the property will be obligated to keep a lease already in place with USPS for the next two years.

When and if they sell, the post office and separate home will join Simmons Market and Gray’s Gristmill as historic Adamsville landmarks that have recently changed hands. The mill, sold in December to a Fairhaven couple, continues business in the next-door coffeeshop Gray’s Daily Grind. The mill, though, has halted operations, relinquishing its title as one of the oldest continually running grist mills in the country. Simmons Market sold last month to a Florida native after only a short time on the market, and is open this summer before renovations begin in September.

Of the apparent sales trend, Torrey was frank: “The market is at a high peak,” she said. “It's a good time for anybody who has an investment to start to think about selling it.”

This peak can likely explain current owner Janet Hensle’s decision to put the property on the market, Torrey said.

“It’s been very active, I show it pretty often,” she said, noting that she gets curiosity calls almost five times a week. “It’s interesting —I’ve learned that a lot of post offices are privately owned. [Hensle] even told me there’s this whole network of post office owners that have a yearly event and everything.”

Current tenants of the house lease the property on a month-to-month basis, while USPS’s lease ends in two years. While Steve Doherty, USPS’s Strategic Communications Specialist, said he can't “speculate on something two years out,” Torrey believes the potential end of USPS’s lease in two years opens up “limitless possibilities."