United States Post Office (Penn Yan, New York) Explained

US Post Office-Penn Yan
Location:159 Main St., Penn Yan, New York
Coordinates:42.6622°N -77.0544°W
Built:1912
Architect:Taylor, James Knox; US Treasury Department
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:May 11, 1989
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002403

US Post Office-Penn Yan is a historic post office building located at Penn Yan in Yates County, New York. It was designed and built in 1912–1913 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 Knox Taylor. It is a symmetrically massed, -story red brick structure on a granite-clad raised basement in the Colonial Revival style. It is a contributing element in the Penn Yan Historic District.[1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Penn Yan Post Office. July 1986. 2009-06-14 . Larry E. Gobrecht . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying nine photos.