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]
US Post Office-Fort Plain | |
 U.S. Post Office, April 2010 | |
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| Location | 41 River St., Fort Plain, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°55′54″N 74°37′23″W / 42.93167°N 74.62306°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Wetmore, James A. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002510[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] It is located in the Fort Plain Historic District.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 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 June 14, 2009. See also: "Accompanying three photos".