United_States_Post_Office_(Seneca_Falls,_New_York)

United States Post Office (Seneca Falls, New York)

United States Post Office (Seneca Falls, New York)

United States historic place

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    "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
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