O'Brien General Store and Post Office

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O'Brien General Store
and Post Office
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General store half of the complex in 2007
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Location Rhinecliff, NY
Nearest city Kingston
Coordinates 41°55′11″N73°57′04″W / 41.91972°N 73.95111°W / 41.91972; -73.95111 Coordinates: 41°55′11″N73°57′04″W / 41.91972°N 73.95111°W / 41.91972; -73.95111
Arealess than one acre
Builtlate 19th century
Architectural style Italianate
Part of Hudson River Historic District (ID90002219)
MPS Rhinebeck Town MRA
NRHP reference No. 87001088 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 9, 1987

The O'Brien General Store and Post Office is a combined store and post office located at Schatzell and Charles streets in the hamlet of Rhinecliff, New York, United States, across from the community's central plaza. It is a two-building Italianate complex built in the late 19th century. The western half houses the store and the eastern the post office, which serves the small 12574 ZIP Code roughly contiguous with the riverside hamlet. [2]

It is a contributing property to the Hudson River Historic District, a National Historic Landmark which includes all of the hamlet. The building itself was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Rhinecliff, New York Post Office (USPS; Find a Post Office)