United States Post Office (Attica, New York)

US Post Office-Attica

U.S. Post Office, July 2011
Location 76 Main St., Attica, New York
Coordinates 42°51′49″N 78°16′51″W / 42.86361°N 78.28083°W / 42.86361; -78.28083Coordinates: 42°51′49″N 78°16′51″W / 42.86361°N 78.28083°W / 42.86361; -78.28083
Built 1936
Architect Simon, Louis A.; Donnelly, Thomas
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002453[1]
Added to NRHP November 17, 1988

US Post Office—Attica is a historic post office building located at Attica in Wyoming County, New York. It was designed and built in 1936-1937 as a Works Progress Administration project, 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 brick structure on a stone watertable in the Colonial Revival style. The interior includes a mural painted in 1938 by Thomas Donnelly and titled Fall in the Genesee Country.[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: Attica Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying four photos".


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