United States Post Office (Attica, New York)

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US Post Office-Attica
US Post Office-Attica NY Jul 11.JPG
U.S. Post Office, July 2011
United States Post Office (Attica, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Attica, New York)
Location76 Main St., Attica, New York
Coordinates42°51′49″N 78°16′51″W / 42.86361°N 78.28083°W / 42.86361; -78.28083Coordinates: 42°51′49″N 78°16′51″W / 42.86361°N 78.28083°W / 42.86361; -78.28083
Built1936
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; Donnelly, Thomas
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002453[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

US Post Office—Attica is a historic post office building located at Attica in Wyoming County, New York. It was designed and built in 1936-1937 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 brick structure on a stone watertable in the Colonial Revival style. The interior includes a mural painted in 1938 by and titled Fall in the Genesee Country.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Attica Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying four photos".

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