E. Market St. and US 9, Hyde Park, New York. County/parish: Dutchess.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 11, 1989. NRIS 88002511.
Part of US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR (NRIS 64000597).
1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The U.S. Post Office in Hyde Park, New York, serves the 12538 ZIP Code. It is a stone building in the Dutch Colonial Revival architectural style, located on East Market Street (Dutchess County Route 41) just east of US 9.
It is a stone building modeled on an early house in the region. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a native of Hyde Park, took a personal interest in the construction of the new building during the New Deal. A series of murals inside depict major events in local history. In 1988 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312638