United States Post Office (Waverly, New York) Explained

US Post Office-Waverly
Location:434-348 Waverly St., Waverly, New York
Coordinates:42.0019°N -76.5406°W
Built:1936
Architect:Simon, Louis A.; US Treasury Department
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:May 11, 1989
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002444

US Post Office-Waverly is a historic post office building located at Waverly in Tioga County, New York. It was designed and built in 1936–1937 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, Louis A. Simon. It is a one-story, five-bay, steel-frame building clad in yellow/buff-colored brick on a raised foundation executed in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a 1939 mural by artist Musa McKim titled "Spanish Hill and the Early Inhabitants of the Vicinity."[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Waverly Post Office. November 1986. 2009-11-10 . Larry E. Gobrecht . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying four photos.