United States Post Office (Geneva, New York) Explained

US Post Office-Geneva
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:67 Castle St., Geneva, New York
Coordinates:42.8675°N -76.9853°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location for U.S. Post Office-Geneva
Built:1905
Architect:Taylor, James Knox; Simon, Louis A.
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:May 11, 1989
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002523

US Post Office—Geneva is a historic post office building located at Geneva in Ontario County, New York. It is a symmetrically massed one story structure faced with red brick and trimmed in limestone. It was constructed in 1905-1906 and is the first post office constructed in New York state in the Colonial Revival style. It is one of 13 post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department under James Knox Taylor. The entrance portico features four Doric columns supporting a full Doric entablature and pediment with an oculus in its tympanum. The interior features a mural titled "The Vineyard" by Peter Blume and installed in 1942.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It is located in the Geneva Commercial Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. 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: Geneva Post Office . 2016-04-01 . Larry E. Gobrecht. PDF. December 1986. and Accompanying 21 photographs