US Post Office-Ticonderoga is a historic post office building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York, United States. It was designed and built in 1936–37, 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 symmetrically massed, one story brick building with a stone watertable. The slate covered gable roof is topped by a square, flat-topped cupola with Doric order pilasters. The interior features a 1940 mural by Frederick Massa titled The Exhortation of Ethan Allen.[2]
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| Location | 169 Champlain Ave. Ticonderoga, New York |
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| Coordinates | 43°50′51″N 73°25′26″W / 43.84750°N 73.42389°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | Simon, Louis A.; Massa, Frederick |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002436[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.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ticonderoga Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying four photographs