US Post Office-Watkins Glen is a historic post office building located at Watkins Glen in Schuyler County, New York. It was designed and built in 1934-1935 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 small, one story, five bay steel frame, red brick clad building executed in the Colonial Revival style.[2]
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| Location | 600 N. Franklin St., Watkins Glen, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′45″N 76°52′21″W / 42.37917°N 76.87250°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1934 |
| Architect | Simon, Louis A.; US Treasury Department |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Art Deco |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002443[1] |
| NYSRHP No. | 09740.000191 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
| Designated NYSRHP | 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 (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Watkins Glen Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying seven photos".