United States Post Office (Watkins Glen, New York)

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US Post Office-Watkins Glen
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Watkins Glen, NY Post Office
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Location600 N. Franklin St., Watkins Glen, New York 14891
Coordinates 42°22′45″N76°52′21″W / 42.37917°N 76.87250°W / 42.37917; -76.87250
Arealess than one acre
Built1934
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; US Treasury Department
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Art Deco
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No. 88002443 [1]
NYSRHP No.09740.000191
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989
Designated NYSRHPMay 11, 1989

US Post Office-Watkins Glen is a historic post office building located at Watkins Glen in Schuyler County, New York. It was designed and built in 1934-1935 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 small, two story, red brick clad building executed in the Colonial Revival style. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Watkins Glen Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-11-10.See also: "Accompanying seven photos".