United States Post Office (Niagara Falls, New York) Explained

US Post Office-Niagara Falls Main
Location:615 Main St.,[1]
Niagara Falls, New York
Coordinates:43.0928°N -79.0569°W
Built:1906
Architect:James Knox Taylor, James A. Wetmore
Architecture:Beaux Arts
Added:May 11, 1989
Refnum:88002379

US Post Office—Niagara Falls Main is a historic post office building located at Niagara Falls in Niagara County, New York. It was built in 1906, 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. The two story building is constructed of white Vermont marble on a granite base in a French Neoclassical style with Beaux-Arts details.[2]

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 1, 2016.
  2. 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: Niagara Falls Post Office . 2016-03-01 . Larry E. Gobrecht. PDF. July 1986. and Accompanying nine photographs