Old Post Office (Buffalo, New York)

The Old Post Office, also known as U.S. Post Office, is a historic post office building located at 121 Ellicott Street in Buffalo in Erie County, New York.

U.S. Post Office
Old Post Office, Buffalo NY, December 2009
Location121 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, New York[1]
Coordinates42°52′53″N 78°52′22″W
Built1897
ArchitectTaylor, James Knox
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No.72000839[2]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972

History

Formerly the tallest building in the city of Buffalo from 1901 to 1912. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the old U.S. Post Office Department during the tenure of Jeremiah O'Rourke when construction started in 1897. The $1.5 million building opened in 1901 during the tenure of James Knox Taylor and operated as Buffalo's central post office until 1963. The highly ornamented Gothic Revival style four story building features a 244-foot tower over the central entrance. The main feature of the interior is a roofed courtyard. It was subsequently occupied by various federal offices.[3] Since 1981, it has been home to the city campus of the Erie Community College.

Its tower is 244 feet (74 m) tall.[1][4]

National Register of Historic Places

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1972 as "U.S. Post Office".[2]

  • View from Stadium, January 2014
  • Old Post Office-Full View, December 2009
  • Old Post Office-Entrance Detail, December 2009
  • Old Post Office-Tower Detail, December 2009
  • Old Post Office-Sculpture Detail, December 2009

See also

References
  1. "Old Post Office". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  3. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes T. Robins Brown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: U.S. Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying three photographs
  4. "Old Post Office". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
Preceded by
Guaranty Building		 Tallest Building in Buffalo
1901—1912
74m		 Succeeded by
Electric Tower


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