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Old Post Office (Oneonta, New York)

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Built
  
1915

Opened
  
1915

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Architect
  
Oscar Wenderoth

NRHP Reference #
  
78001895

Area
  
2,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
17 November 1978

Old Post Office (Oneonta, New York)

Location
  
Main St., Oneonta, New York

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Old Post Office is a historic post office building located at Oneonta in Otsego County, New York, United States. It was built in 1915, 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, Oscar Wenderoth. The original portion of the building is nearly square, seven bays on each side. It is built of Indiana limestone, with Concord granite trim in the Classical Revival style. It features a giant portico supported by six massive Corinthian order columns. In 1980, the building housed city offices moved from the Old City Hall.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is located within the Oneonta Downtown Historic District established in 2003.

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Old Post Office (Oneonta, New York) Wikipedia