United States Post Office (Bath, New York)

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US Post Office-Bath

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The Bath Post Office from the east
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Location 101 Liberty St., Bath, New York
Coordinates 42°20′8″N77°19′8″W / 42.33556°N 77.31889°W / 42.33556; -77.31889 Coordinates: 42°20′8″N77°19′8″W / 42.33556°N 77.31889°W / 42.33556; -77.31889
Area less than one acre
Built 1931
Architect Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference # 88002454 [1]
Added to NRHP November 17, 1988

US Post Office-Bath is a historic post office building located at Bath in Steuben County, New York. It was built in 1931 and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore. It is a two-story symmetrically massed brick structure with a one-story rear wing in the Colonial Revival style. The front facade features a limestone pedimented portico supported by four Corinthian columns. It is located within the Liberty Street Historic District. [2]

A post office is a public department that provides a customer service to the public and handles their mail needs. Post offices offer mail-related services such as acceptance of letters and parcels; provision of post office boxes; and sale of postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. In addition, many post offices offer additional services: providing and accepting government forms, processing government services and fees, and banking services. The chief administrator of a post office is called a postmaster.

Bath (village), New York Village in New York, United States

Bath is a village in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 5,641 at the 2000 census. Bath is the county seat of Steuben County. The community was named either for the English city of Bath, Somerset, or for Lady Laura Pulteney, 1st Countess of Bath and daughter of Sir William Pulteney, one of the original landowners.

Steuben County, New York County in the United States

Steuben County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 98,990. Its county seat is Bath. Its name is in honor of Baron von Steuben, a German general who fought on the American side in the American Revolutionary War, though it is not pronounced the same. There is no direct link between the Baron von Steuben and modern Steuben County, which he never visited.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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