Built 1939 Opened 1939 Added to NRHP 17 November 1988 | NRHP Reference # 88002449 Phone +1 800-275-8777 Architect Louis A. Simon | |
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Location 118 Main St., Akron, New York MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR Address 118 Main St, Akron, NY 14001, USA Hours Open today · 9AM–12PMSaturday9AM–12PMSundayClosedMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSuggest an edit Architectural style Colonial Revival architecture Similar Barclays Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Hotel Pennsylvania, Madison Square Garden, New York Botanical Garden | ||
US Post Office—Akron is a historic post office building located at Akron, Erie County, New York. It was designed and built 1939-1940, 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. The building is in the Colonial Revival style and is virtually identical to the post offices at Scotia, Oxford, Middleburgh, and Horseheads. The interior features a mural by Elizabeth Logan painted in 1941 and titled Horse-Drawn Railroad.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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United States Post Office (Akron, New York) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA