United States Post Office (Whitehall, New York) Explained

US Post Office-Whitehall
Location:88 Broadway, Whitehall, New York
Coordinates:43.5533°N -73.4044°W
Built:1937
Architect:Simon, Louis A.; Horn, Axel
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:May 11, 1989
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002447

US Post Office-Whitehall is a historic post office building located at Whitehall in Washington County, New York. It was designed and built 1937–1938, 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. The building is in the Colonial Revival style and is a modest one story building, three bays wide and clad in red brick. The interior features a 1939 mural by Axel Horn titled "Settlement of Skenesborough."[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Whitehall Post Office. July 1986. 2010-06-12 . Larry E. Gobrecht . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying four photos.