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United States Post Office (Owego, New York)

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US Post Office-Owego
United States Post Office (Owego, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Owego, New York)
United States Post Office (Owego, New York) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Owego, New York)
Location6 Lake St., Owego, New York
Arealess than one acre
Built1919
ArchitectWetmore, James A.; US Treasury Department
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002391[1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

US Post Office-Owego is a historic post office building located at Owego in Tioga County, New York. It was designed in 1917 and built in 1919-1920 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, James A. Wetmore. It is a symmetrical one story, red brick clad building on a raised foundation executed in the Colonial Revival style. It is a contributing structure in the Owego Central Historic District.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Owego Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying four photos".