United States Post Office (Oxford, New York)

US Post Office-Oxford

U.S. Post Office, December 2009
Location 2 S. Washington Ave.,[1]
Oxford, New York
Coordinates 42°26′32″N 75°35′56″W / 42.44222°N 75.59889°W / 42.44222; -75.59889Coordinates: 42°26′32″N 75°35′56″W / 42.44222°N 75.59889°W / 42.44222; -75.59889
Area less than one acre
Built 1939
Architect Louis A. Simon, Mordi Gassner
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002392[2]
Added to NRHP May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Oxford is a historic post office building located at Oxford in Chenango County, New York, United States. It was built in 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 under Louis A. Simon. It is a one-story, five-bay, steel-frame structure on a raised, poured-concrete foundation with a molded-brick watercourse. It's square, with a slate-covered hipped roof in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a 1941 mural by Mordi Gassner titled "Family Reunion on Clark Island: Spring 1791." It is located within the Oxford Village Historic District.[3]

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

References

  1. ↑ Address based on USPS website. Accessed March 29, 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: Oxford Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying 10 photographs


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