United States Post Office (Seneca Falls, New York)
US Post Office-Seneca Falls is a historic post office building located at Seneca Falls in Seneca County, New York. It was designed and built in 1932-1934 and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, James A. Wetmore. It is irregular in plan, with a U-shaped, two-story main block with a one-story interior section, and a one-story rear wing with a mailing platform. The facades are clad in buff-colored brick and limestone and executed in the Classical Revival style with Art Deco decorative detailing.[2]
U.S. Post Office | |
![]() U.S. Post Office, Seneca Falls NY, August 2009 | |
Location | 34-42 State St., Seneca Falls, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°54′42″N 76°47′54″W / 42.91167°N 76.79833°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1932 |
Architect | Wetmore, James A.; US Treasury Department |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Art Deco |
MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002431[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in its own right in 1989,[1] and is also a contributing property to the NRHP-listed Seneca Falls Village Historic District established in 1991.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Seneca Falls Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying 12 photographs