US Post Office-Owego | |
Location | 6 Lake St., Owego, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°6′10″N76°15′41″W / 42.10278°N 76.26139°W Coordinates: 42°6′10″N76°15′41″W / 42.10278°N 76.26139°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1919 |
Architect | Wetmore, James A.; US Treasury Department |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002391 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
US Post Office-Owego is a historic post office building located at Owego in Tioga County, New York. It was designed in 1917 and built in 1919-1920 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 symmetrical one story, red brick clad building on a raised foundation executed in the Colonial Revival style. It is a contributing structure in the Owego Central Historic District. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]
Owego Central Historic District is a historic district in Owego in Tioga County, New York. It encompasses 83 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure. The district is primarily commercial, with some notable civic and institutional buildings. Notable buildings include the former Owego Academy (1828), County Clerk's Office, Owego Village Firehouse (1911), Owego National Bank (1913), Presbyterian Church, and the Greek Revival and Italianate style Riverow commercial complex. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and its boundaries were increased in 1998.
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