United States Post Office (Fulton, New York)

US Post Office-Fulton
Location 214 S. First St., Fulton, New York
Coordinates 43°19′3″N 76°24′53″W / 43.31750°N 76.41472°W / 43.31750; -76.41472Coordinates: 43°19′3″N 76°24′53″W / 43.31750°N 76.41472°W / 43.31750; -76.41472
Area less than one acre
Built 1912
Architect Taylor, James Knox; Rohland, Caroline S.
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002519[1]
Added to NRHP May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Fulton is a historic post office building located at Fulton in Oswego County, New York. It was built in 1912-1915 and enlarged in 1936-1938. It 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 Knox Taylor. It is a two story building with a limestone facade that contains a six-part colonnade with attached Doric order columns set in antis between Doric piers in the Greek Revival style. The lobby features a mural by Caroline S. Rohland in 1942 titled "Father LeMoyne Trying to Convert the Indians on Pathfinder Island."[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fulton Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying five photos".


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