United States Post Office (Potsdam, New York)
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| Location | 21 Elm St., Potsdam, New York |
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| Coordinates | 44°40′10″N 74°59′5″W / 44.66944°N 74.98472°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1932 |
| Architect | Wetmore, James A.; US Treasury Department |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858–1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002410[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
US Post Office-Potsdam is a historic post office building located at Potsdam in St. Lawrence County, New York. It was designed and built in 1932–1933, 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, James A. Wetmore. The building is in the Classical Revival style and is a two-story, U-shaped structure clad in limestone. The main facade features a colossal seven-bay recessed portico supported by Doric order columns and flanked by Grecian style cast-iron urns.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Potsdam 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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- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Neoclassical architecture in New York (state)
- Government buildings completed in 1933
- Buildings and structures in St. Lawrence County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in St. Lawrence County, New York
- St. Lawrence County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs