United States Post Office (Carthage, New York)

Coordinates: 43°58′49″N 75°36′27″W / 43.98028°N 75.60750°W / 43.98028; -75.60750
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US Post Office-Carthage
United States Post Office (Carthage, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Carthage, New York)
United States Post Office (Carthage, New York) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Carthage, New York)
Location521 State St., Carthage, New York
Coordinates43°58′49″N 75°36′27″W / 43.98028°N 75.60750°W / 43.98028; -75.60750
Arealess than one acre
Built1934
ArchitectUS Treasury Dept.; Simon, Louis A.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002470[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

US Post Office-Carthage is a historic post office building located at Carthage in Jefferson County, New York. It was designed and built in 1934–1935, 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. The one story brick building is in the Colonial Revival style. It features a central pavilion with the entrance and flanking tripartite windows, set beneath a portico supported by four Doric columns.[2]

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

References[edit]

  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: Carthage Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-12-10. See also: "Accompanying three photos".