United States Post Office (Seneca Falls, New York)

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U.S. Post Office, Seneca Falls NY, August 2009
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Location34-42 State St., Seneca Falls, New York
Coordinates 42°54′42″N76°47′54″W / 42.91167°N 76.79833°W / 42.91167; -76.79833
Arealess than one acre
Built1932
ArchitectWetmore, James A.; US Treasury Department
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Art Deco
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No. 88002431 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 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.

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