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United States Post Office (Richfield Springs, New York)

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
88002422

Phone
  
+1 800-275-8777

Architect
  
Louis A. Simon

Built
  
1941

Opened
  
1941

Added to NRHP
  
11 May 1989

United States Post Office (Richfield Springs, New York)

Location
  
152 Main St., Richfield Springs, New York

MPS
  
US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR

Address
  
152 E Main St, Richfield Springs, NY 13439, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–12PMSaturday9AM–12PMSundayClosedMonday8:30AM–12:30PM, 2–5PMTuesday8:30AM–12:30PM, 2–5PMWednesday8:30AM–12:30PM, 2–5PMThursday8:30AM–12:30PM, 2–5PMFriday8:30AM–12:30PM, 2–5PMSuggest 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-Richfield Springs is a historic post office building located at Richfield Springs in Otsego County, New York, United States. It was built in 1941-1942, 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 one story, five bay building with a granite clad foundation, brick facades laid in common bond and limestone trim. The roof is surmounted by an octagonal cupola with metal window tracery and a decorative iron weathervane. The building displays Colonial Revival style details. The interior features an untitled 1942 mural by artist John W. Taylor depicting a local landscape. It is located within the East Main Street Historic District.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

United States Post Office (Richfield Springs, New York) Wikipedia