U.S. Post Office | |
Location | Catskill, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°12′56″N73°51′51″W / 42.21556°N 73.86417°W |
Built | 1935 |
Architect | Valkenburgh, E.P.; US Treasury Dept. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002471 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 17, 1988 |
The U.S. Post Office in Catskill, New York was built as part of a public works program during the Great Depression. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [2]
It's one of 148 post offices in New York State covered in one thematic resources study performed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Services. [3]
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US Post Office-Dunkirk is a historic post office building located at Dunkirk in Chautauqua County, New York. It was designed and built in 1928-1929 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 a two-story brick structure with a one-story rear wing, in the Colonial Revival style. The entrance is set within a limestone surround with a Doric frieze and modest cornice.
US Post Office-Warsaw is a historic post office building located at Warsaw in Wyoming County, New York. It was designed and built in 1934-1935 as a Works Progress Administration project, 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, Louis A. Simon. It is a one-story, five bay steel frame brick structure on a raised reinforced concrete foundation in the Colonial Revival style.
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