United States Post Office (Seneca Falls, New York)

U.S. Post Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Post Office, Seneca Falls NY, August 2009
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Location	34-42 State St., Seneca Falls, New York
Coordinates	42°54′42″N76°47′54″W / 42.91167°N 76.79833°W / 42.91167; -76.79833
Area	less than one acre
Built	1932
Architect	Wetmore, James A.; US Treasury Department
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Art Deco
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.	88002431 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Seneca Falls is a historic post office building located at Seneca Falls in Seneca County, New York. It was designed and built in 1932-1934 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 irregular in plan, with a U-shaped, two-story main block with a one-story interior section, and a one-story rear wing with a mailing platform. The facades are clad in buff-colored brick and limestone and executed in the Classical Revival style with Art Deco decorative detailing. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in its own right in 1989, ^[1] and is also a contributing property to the NRHP-listed Seneca Falls Village Historic District established in 1991.

References

1. "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: New York MPS US Post Office--Seneca Falls. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 25, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)