United States Post Office (Wellsville, New York)
US Post Office-Wellsville | |
 U.S. Post Office Wellsville, New York, April 2012 | |
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| Location | 40 E. Pearl St., Wellsville, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°7′24″N 77°56′56″W / 42.12333°N 77.94889°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Murphy & Olmsted |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002445[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
US Post Office-Wellsville is a historic post office building located at Wellsville in Allegany County, New York. It was designed and built in 1931–1933. It is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by consulting architects Murphy & Olmsted to the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. It is a two-story, brick clad structure on a limestone clad foundation with two one-story wings. The structure is in the Classical Revival style. The interior includes two bas relief panels; one depicting the first League of Peace of the Iroquois tribes and the second depicting Mary Jemison, "White Woman of the Genesee." It is located across from Wellsville Erie Depot.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wellsville Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Neoclassical architecture in New York (state)
- Government buildings completed in 1933
- Buildings and structures in Allegany County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Allegany County, New York
- Chautauqua-Alleghany, New York Registered Historic Place stubs