United States Post Office (Oxford, New York) Explained

US Post Office-Oxford
Location:2 S. Washington Ave.,[1]
Oxford, New York
Coordinates:42.4422°N -75.5989°W
Built:1939
Architect:Louis A. Simon, Mordi Gassner
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:May 11, 1989
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002392

US Post Office-Oxford is a historic post office building located at Oxford in Chenango County, New York, United States. It was built in 1939–1940, 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 under Louis A. Simon. It is a one-story, five-bay, steel-frame structure on a raised, poured-concrete foundation with a molded-brick watercourse. It's square, with a slate-covered hipped roof in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a 1941 mural by Mordi Gassner titled "Family Reunion on Clark Island: Spring 1791." It is located within the Oxford Village Historic District.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Address based on USPS website. Accessed March 29, 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: Oxford Post Office . 2016-03-01 . Larry E. Gobrecht. PDF. November 1986. and Accompanying 10 photographs