United States Post Office (North Tonawanda, New York) Explained

US Post Office--North Tonawanda
Location:141 Goundry St., North Tonawanda, New York
Coordinates:43.0247°N -78.8731°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location for U.S. Post Office-North Tonawanda
Built:1912
Architect:Wenderoth, Oscar; US Treasury Department
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:May 11, 1989
Refnum:88002357

US Post Office—North Tonawanda is a historic post office building located at North Tonawanda in Niagara County, New York. It was designed and built in 1912, and is one of the number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Oscar Wenderoth. The two story building is in the Classical Revival style and features a colossal central portico with two pairs of coupled columns resting on granite pedestals and an elegant domed cupola.[1]

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: North Tonawanda Post Office . 2016-03-01 . Larry E. Gobrecht. PDF. December 1986. and Accompanying 14 photographs