United States Post Office (Clyde, New York) Explained

US Post Office-Clyde
Location:26 S. Park St., Clyde, New York
Coordinates:43.0836°N -76.8711°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of the U.S. Post Office-Clyde
Built:1940
Architect:Simon, Louis A.; Donnelly, Thomas
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 17, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002472

US Post Office-Clyde is a historic post office building located at Clyde in Wayne County, New York. It was designed and built in 1940–1941 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 -story steel-framed, brick building on a raised foundation with a limestone watercourse, in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a mural by artist Thomas Donnelly executed in 1941 and titled Apple Pickers.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Clyde Post Office. November 1986. 2009-11-10 . Larry E. Gobrecht . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying three photos.