US Post Office-Painted Post is a historic post office building located at Painted Post in Steuben County, New York. It was designed in 1937 and built in 1937-1938 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 one-story, three bay structure clad in red brick in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a 1939 mural by Amy Jones titled "Recording the Victory" and depicting a Revolutionary War scene.[2]
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 U.S. Post Office, Painted Post, New York, October 2009 | |
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 Interactive map showing the location for U.S. Post Office-Pained Point | |
| Location | 135 N. Hamilton St., Painted Post, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°9′30″N 77°5′37″W / 42.15833°N 77.09361°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Simon, Louis A.; Jones, Amy |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002395[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Painted Post Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying 13 photos".