United States Post Office (Whitehall, New York)

US Post Office-Whitehall
Location 88 Broadway, Whitehall, New York
Coordinates 43°33′12″N 73°24′16″W / 43.55333°N 73.40444°W / 43.55333; -73.40444Coordinates: 43°33′12″N 73°24′16″W / 43.55333°N 73.40444°W / 43.55333; -73.40444
Area less than one acre
Built 1937
Architect Simon, Louis A.; Horn, Axel
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference # 88002447[1]
Added to NRHP May 11, 1989

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."[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

Corner view of the post office

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: Whitehall Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-06-12. See also: "Accompanying four photos".


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