US Post Office-Penn Yan is a historic post office building located at Penn Yan in Yates County, New York. It was designed and built in 1912–1913 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 Knox Taylor. It is a symmetrically massed, 1+1⁄2-story red brick structure on a granite-clad raised basement in the Colonial Revival style. It is a contributing element in the Penn Yan Historic District.[2]
US Post Office-Penn Yan | |
 Historic U.S. Post Office in Penn Yan. | |
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| Location | 159 Main St., Penn Yan, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°39′44″N 77°3′16″W / 42.66222°N 77.05444°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1912 |
| Architect | Taylor, James Knox; US Treasury Department |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858–1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002403[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
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 (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Penn Yan Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying nine photos".
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