United States Post Office (Waverly, New York)

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US Post Office-Waverly
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United States Post Office (Waverly, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Waverly, New York)
Location434-348 Waverly St., Waverly, New York
Coordinates42°0′7″N 76°32′26″W / 42.00194°N 76.54056°W / 42.00194; -76.54056Coordinates: 42°0′7″N 76°32′26″W / 42.00194°N 76.54056°W / 42.00194; -76.54056
Arealess than one acre
Built1936
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; US Treasury Department
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002444[1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

US Post Office-Waverly is a historic post office building located at Waverly in Tioga County, New York. It was designed and built in 1936–1937 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 clad in yellow/buff-colored brick on a raised foundation executed in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a 1939 mural by artist Musa McKim titled "Spanish Hill and the Early Inhabitants of the Vicinity."[2]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Waverly Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying four photos".


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