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United States Post Office (Penn Yan, New York)

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Coordinates: 42°39′44″N 77°3′16″W / 42.66222°N 77.05444°W / 42.66222; -77.05444
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US Post Office-Penn Yan
Historic U.S. Post Office in Penn Yan.
United States Post Office (Penn Yan, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Penn Yan, New York)
United States Post Office (Penn Yan, New York) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Penn Yan, New York)
Location159 Main St., Penn Yan, New York
Coordinates42°39′44″N 77°3′16″W / 42.66222°N 77.05444°W / 42.66222; -77.05444
Arealess than one acre
Built1912
ArchitectTaylor, James Knox; US Treasury Department
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858–1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002403[1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

US Post Office-Penn Yan is a historic post office building located at Penn Yan in Yates County, New York. It was designed and built in 1912–1913 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, James Knox Taylor. It is a symmetrically massed, 1+1⁄2-story red brick structure on a granite-clad raised basement in the Colonial Revival style. It is a contributing element in the Penn Yan Historic District.[2]

Interior of the Post Office.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

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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: Penn Yan Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying nine photos".
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