US Post Office—Angola is a historic post office building located at Angola in Erie County, New York. It was designed and built 1938–1939, 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, Louis A. Simon. The building is in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a cast-stone relief sculpture by Leopold Scholz executed in 1940 and titled A Pioneer Woman's Bravery.[2]
US Post Office--Angola | |
 U.S. Post Office, January 2010 | |
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 Interactive map showing the location of the U.S. Post Office, Angola | |
| Location | 80 N. Main St., Angola, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°38′23″N 79°1′42″W / 42.63972°N 79.02833°W |
| Built | 1938 |
| Architect | Simon, Louis A.; Scholz, Leopold |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002452[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 17, 1988 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
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 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Angola Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying six photographs
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