United States Post Office (Boonville, New York)

US Post Office-Boonville
Location 101 Main St., Boonville, New York
Coordinates 43°29′3″N 75°20′9″W / 43.48417°N 75.33583°W / 43.48417; -75.33583Coordinates: 43°29′3″N 75°20′9″W / 43.48417°N 75.33583°W / 43.48417; -75.33583
Area less than one acre
Built 1937
Architect US Treasury Dept.; Simon, Louis A.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002457[1]
Added to NRHP November 17, 1988

US Post Office-Boonville is a historic post office building located at Boonville in Oneida County, New York, United States. It was designed and built in 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 building with a poured concrete foundation and brick facades in the Colonial Revival style. It features a hipped roof surmounted by an octagonal cupola with metal window tracery and an iron weathervane. The interior features a mural painted by the McCullough sisters of New York City depicting a 19th-century scene on the Black River Canal. It is a contributing structure within the Boonville Historic District.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Boonville Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying nine photographs


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