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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