United States Post Office (Frankfort, New York)

US Post Office-Frankfort
Location 130 E. Main St.,[1]
Frankfort, New York
Coordinates 43°2′18″N 75°4′15″W / 43.03833°N 75.07083°W / 43.03833; -75.07083Coordinates: 43°2′18″N 75°4′15″W / 43.03833°N 75.07083°W / 43.03833; -75.07083
Area less than one acre
Built 1940
Architect Louis A. Simon, Albert Wein
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002512[2]
Added to NRHP May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Frankfort is a historic post office building located at Frankfort in Herkimer County, New York, United States. It was built in 1940-1941, 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 a one story, five bay, steel frame building on a raised foundation in the Colonial Revival style. It features a three bay central pavilion surmounted by a slate-covered hipped roof. The interior features a 1942 wood relief by artist Albert Wein titled "Growth."[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[2]

References

  1. Address based on USPS website. Accessed March 31, 2016.
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. "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 (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Frankfort Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying five photographs


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