Old_Post_Office_and_Courthouse_(Auburn,_New_York)

Old Post Office and Courthouse (Auburn, New York)

Old Post Office and Courthouse (Auburn, New York)

United States historic place

The Old Post Office and Courthouse is a historic courthouse and former post office located at 157 Genesee Street in Auburn, New York. It was built in 1888–1890 and was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Mifflin E. Bell, in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The limestone-and-brick building was expanded in 1913–1914, designed by James M. Elliot, and again in 1937. It serves as a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.[2] The massive, asymmetrical, 2+1⁄2-story main block (1888) includes a 3-story tower at the southwest corner, a 2+1⁄2-story stair tower, and two massive Richardsonian Romanesque–style entrances.

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The building was surplussed by the Federal government in the 1980s and acquired by Cayuga County.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York Archived 2010-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    Nancy L. Todd (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: U.S. Post Office, Former, and Federal Courthouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying four photos".


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