United States Post Office (East Rochester, New York)

US Post Office-East Rochester
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office Building, June 2009

Location	206 W. Commercial St., East Rochester, New York
Coordinates	43°6′49″N 77°29′19″W / 43.11361°N 77.48861°W / 43.11361; -77.48861Coordinates: 43°6′49″N 77°29′19″W / 43.11361°N 77.48861°W / 43.11361; -77.48861
Area	less than one acre
Built	1936
Architect	Simon, Louis A.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference #	88002495^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1988

The Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office Building is a historic post office building located at East Rochester in Monroe County, New York. It was designed and built 1936-1937, 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. The one story brick building is in the Colonial Revival style and has a roof crowned by a flat topped cupola. The entrance features fluted Doric columns and a blind fanlight with sculpted eagle. The interior once featured a mural titled "Recreation Hours" by Bernard Gussow, but it was removed and stored in the basement.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1] In 2015, the post office was named for Daryl Pierson, an East Rochester native and Rochester police officer who was killed in the line of duty the previous year.^[3]

References

1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: East Rochester Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-10-20. See also: "Accompanying four photos".
↑ http://www.13wham.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/president-signs-bill-honor-officer-pierson-27409.shtml

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