United States Post Office (North Tonawanda, New York)

US Post Office--North Tonawanda

North Tonawanda Post Office, November 2008
Location 141 Goundry St., North Tonawanda, New York
Coordinates 43°1′29″N 78°52′23″W / 43.02472°N 78.87306°W / 43.02472; -78.87306Coordinates: 43°1′29″N 78°52′23″W / 43.02472°N 78.87306°W / 43.02472; -78.87306
Built 1912
Architect Wenderoth, Oscar; US Treasury Department
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference #

88002357

[1]
Added to NRHP May 11, 1989

US Post Office—North Tonawanda is a historic post office building located at North Tonawanda in Niagara County, New York. It was designed and built 1912-1914, 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, Oscar Wenderoth. The two story building is in the Classical Revival style and features a colossal central portico with two pairs of coupled columns resting on granite pedestals and an elegant domed cupola.[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. ↑ "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 (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: North Tonawanda Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying 14 photographs
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