United States Post Office (Little Valley, New York)

US Post Office--Little Valley

United States Post Office, August 2010
Location 115 Main St., Little Valley, New York
Coordinates 42°14′57″N 78°47′55″W / 42.24917°N 78.79861°W / 42.24917; -78.79861Coordinates: 42°14′57″N 78°47′55″W / 42.24917°N 78.79861°W / 42.24917; -78.79861
Built 1941
Architect Simon, Louis A.; US Treasury Department
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002344[1]
Added to NRHP May 11, 1989

The United States Post Office is a historic post office building located at Little Valley in Cattaraugus County, New York. It was designed and built in 1941-1942 as a Works Progress Administration project, 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 symmetrically massed brick structure with a stone watertable in the Colonial Revival style. Its design is the same as that used in 13 other post offices across New York State.[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 (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Little Valley Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".


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