United States Post Office (Fort Plain, New York)

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US Post Office-Fort Plain
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Location41 River St., Fort Plain, New York
Coordinates 42°55′54″N74°37′23″W / 42.93167°N 74.62306°W / 42.93167; -74.62306 Coordinates: 42°55′54″N74°37′23″W / 42.93167°N 74.62306°W / 42.93167; -74.62306
Arealess than one acre
Built1931
ArchitectWetmore, James A.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No. 88002510 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

US Post Office-Fort Plain is a historic post office building located at Fort Plain in Montgomery County, New York, United States. 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 of the Treasury Department under James A. Wetmore. It is a two-story, symmetrical brick building with a one-story rear wing in the Colonial Revival style. It features a shallow projecting frontispiece framed by four brick pilasters and a pair of Grecian style lamps with glass globes. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1] It is located in the Fort Plain Historic District.

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fort Plain Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-06-14.See also: "Accompanying three photos".