United States Post Office (Lockport, New York) Explained

US Post Office--Lockport
Location:1 East Ave., Lockport, New York
Coordinates:43.1711°N -78.6883°W
Built:1902
Architect:Taylor, James Knox; US Treasury Department
Architecture:Beaux Arts
Added:May 11, 1989
Refnum:88002345

The United States Post Office is a historic post office building located at Lockport in Niagara County, New York. It was designed and built 1902–1904, 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 three-story brick and limestone structure in the Beaux-Arts style.[1] The United States District Court for the Western District of New York met here from 1904 until 1916.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lockport Post Office . 2016-03-01 . Larry E. Gobrecht. PDF. December 1986. and Accompanying 25 photographs