U.S. Post Office | |
Location: | 34-42 State St., Seneca Falls, New York |
Coordinates: | 42.9117°N -76.7983°W |
Built: | 1932 |
Architect: | Wetmore, James A.; US Treasury Department |
Architecture: | Classical Revival, Art Deco |
Added: | May 11, 1989 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 88002431 |
US Post Office-Seneca Falls is a historic post office building located at Seneca Falls in Seneca County, New York. It was designed and built in 1932-1934 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 A. Wetmore. It is irregular in plan, with a U-shaped, two-story main block with a one-story interior section, and a one-story rear wing with a mailing platform. The facades are clad in buff-colored brick and limestone and executed in the Classical Revival style with Art Deco decorative detailing.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in its own right in 1989, and is also a contributing property to the NRHP-listed Seneca Falls Village Historic District established in 1991.