United States Post Office (Akron, New York)
Appearance
US Post Office-Akron | |
Location | 118 Main St., Akron, New York |
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Coordinates | 43°1′13.1556″N 78°29′52.6416″W / 43.020321000°N 78.497956000°W |
Built | 1939 |
Architect | Simon, Louis A.; Logan, Elizabeth |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002449[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 17, 1988 |
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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Akron Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying four photographs
External links
- US Post Office-Akron - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
- Western New York Heritage Press: Akron, NY Post Office Mural photo
Categories:
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Government buildings completed in 1939
- Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state)
- Post office buildings in Erie County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, New York
- Erie County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs