Old Post Office (Buffalo, New York)
U.S. Post Office | |
 Old Post Office, Buffalo NY, December 2009 | |
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| Location | 121 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, New York[2] |
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| Coordinates | 42°52′53″N 78°52′22″W / 42.88139°N 78.87278°WCoordinates: 42°52′53″N 78°52′22″W / 42.88139°N 78.87278°W |
| Built | 1897 |
| Architect | Taylor, James Knox |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000839[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
The Old Post Office, also known as U.S. Post Office, is a historic post office building located at 121 Ellicott Street in Buffalo in Erie County, New York.
History[]
It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the old U.S. Post Office Department during the tenure of Jeremiah O'Rourke when construction started in 1897. The $1.5 million building opened in 1901 during the tenure of James Knox Taylor and operated as Buffalo's central post office until 1963. The highly ornamented Gothic Revival style four story building features a 244-foot tower over the central entrance. The main feature of the interior is a roofed courtyard. It was subsequently occupied by various federal offices.[3] Since 1981, it has been home to the city campus of the Erie Community College.
Its tower is 244 feet (74 m) tall.[2][4]
National Register of Historic Places[]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1972 as "U.S. Post Office".[1]
Gallery[]
View from Stadium, January 2014
Old Post Office-Full View, December 2009
Old Post Office-Entrance Detail, December 2009
Old Post Office-Tower Detail, December 2009
Old Post Office-Sculpture Detail, December 2009
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "Old Post Office". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes T. Robins Brown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: U.S. Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying three photographs
- ^ "Old Post Office". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
External links[]
Media related to Old Post Office (Buffalo, New York) at Wikimedia Commons- U.S. Post Office - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-5605, "U.S. Post Office, 121 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY", 18 photos, 8 data pages
- Erie Community College :: ECC Home
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