United States Post Office (Penn Yan, New York)

US Post Office-Penn Yan
Historic U.S. Post Office in Penn Yan.
Location 159 Main St., Penn Yan, New York
Coordinates 42°39′44″N 77°3′16″W / 42.66222°N 77.05444°W / 42.66222; -77.05444Coordinates: 42°39′44″N 77°3′16″W / 42.66222°N 77.05444°W / 42.66222; -77.05444
Area less than one acre
Built 1912
Architect Taylor, James Knox; US Treasury Department
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858–1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002403[1]
Added to NRHP May 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 12-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]

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