US Post Office—Lancaster is a historic post office building located at Lancaster 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 mural by Arthur Getz painted in 1940 and titled "Early Commerce in the Erie Canal Region."[3]
US Post Office--Lancaster | |
.JPG) U.S. Post Office, October 2009 | |
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| Location | 5406 Broadway St.,[2] Lancaster, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°54′1″N 78°40′17″W / 42.90028°N 78.67139°W |
| Built | 1938 |
| Architect | Louis A. Simon, Arthur Getz |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002340[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
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.
- ^ Address based on USPS website. Accessed March 31, 2016.
- ^ "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: Lancaster Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying seven photographs
External links
edit- US Post Office-Lancaster - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
- Western New York Heritage Press: Lancaster, NY Post Office Mural photo