US Post Office—Olean is a historic post office building located at Olean in Cattaraugus County, New York. It was designed and built in 1910-12 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 Knox Taylor. It is a two-story masonry and steel frame building. Its Renaissance Revival design complements the adjacent Olean Public Library.[2]
US Post Office--Olean | |
 US Post Office, Olean NY, April 2010 | |
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| Location | 102 S. Union St., Olean, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°4′37″N 78°25′50″W / 42.07694°N 78.43056°W |
| Built | 1910 |
| Architect | Taylor, James Knox; US Treasury Department |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman, Renaissance, Italian Renaissance |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002388[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] It is located in the Union and State Streets Historic District.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Olean Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 14, 2009. See also: "Accompanying 16 photos".
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