United States Post Office (Canton, New York) Explained

US Post Office-Canton
Location:100 Main St.,[1]
Canton, New York
Coordinates:44.5954°N -75.1692°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location for US Post Office, Canton, New York
Built:1936
Architect:Louis A. Simon, Berta Margoulies, sculptor
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 17, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002469

US Post Office-Canton is a historic post office building located at Canton in St. Lawrence County, New York. It was designed and built in 1936–37, 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. The building is in the Colonial Revival style and is a one-story, nine bay steel framed structure clad in red brick in a trapezoidal shape. It features a multi-tiered cupola on its low hip roof. The interior features a relief sculpture executed in 1939 by Berta Margoulies.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 2, 2016.
  2. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Canton Post Office . 2016-04-01 . Larry E. Gobrecht. PDF. November 1986. and Accompanying seven photographs