United States Post Office (Newark, New York)

US Post Office-Newark
U.S. Post Office, August 2009
Location 300 S. Main St.,[1]
Newark, New York
Coordinates 43°2′37″N 77°5′43″W / 43.04361°N 77.09528°W / 43.04361; -77.09528Coordinates: 43°2′37″N 77°5′43″W / 43.04361°N 77.09528°W / 43.04361; -77.09528
Area less than one acre
Built 1911
Architect James Knox Taylor
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858–1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002366[2]
Added to NRHP May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Newark is an historic post office building located at Newark in Wayne County, New York. It was designed and built in 1911–1913 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. The original, main block is a 1-story, five-by-three-bay building clad in stucco and executed in the Classical Revival style. The large rear wing was added to the building in 1938–1939.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[2]

References

  1. Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 2, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. "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: Newark Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying 15 photographs


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