United States Post Office (Carthage, New York)

US Post Office-Carthage
Location 521 State St., Carthage, New York
Coordinates 43°58′49″N 75°36′27″W / 43.98028°N 75.60750°W / 43.98028; -75.60750Coordinates: 43°58′49″N 75°36′27″W / 43.98028°N 75.60750°W / 43.98028; -75.60750
Area less than one acre
Built 1934
Architect US Treasury Dept.; Simon, Louis A.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference # 88002470[1]
Added to NRHP November 17, 1988

US Post Office-Carthage is a historic post office building located at Carthage in Jefferson County, New York. It was designed and built in 1934-1935, 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. The one story brick building is in the Colonial Revival style. It features a central pavilion with the entrance and flanking tripartite windows, set beneath a portico supported by four Doric columns.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Carthage Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-12-10. See also: "Accompanying three photos".


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