US Post Office--Fredonia | |
Location: | 21 Day St., Fredonia, New York |
Coordinates: | 42.4411°N -79.3325°W |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Marker: | building |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 12 |
Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map showing the location for U.S. Post Office-Fredonia |
Built: | 1935 |
Architect: | Simon, Louis A.; Blanch, Arnold |
Architecture: | Colonial Revival |
Added: | November 17, 1988 |
Refnum: | 88002515 |
US Post Office—Fredonia is a historic post office building located at Fredonia in Chautauqua County, New York, and within the boundaries of the Fredonia Commons Historic District. It was designed and built in 1935–36 as a Works Progress Administration project, 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, five bay brick structure set on a brick foundation in the Colonial Revival style. The central section features three large round arched openings with cast-stone keystones. The interior features "The Harvest"; a mural from 1937 by artist Arnold Blanch.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.