US Post Office-Fredonia

21 Day St., Fredonia, New York. County/parish: Chautauqua.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 17, 1988. NRIS 88002515.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Fredonia Post Office
  • See Also:Fredonia Commons Historic Dist

From Wikipedia:

United States Post Office (Fredonia, New York)

US Post Office—Fredonia is a historic post office building located at Fredonia in Chautauqua County, New York, and within the boundaries of the Fredonia Commons Historic District. It was designed and built in 1935–36 as a Works Progress Administration project, 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 brick structure set on a brick foundation in the Colonial Revival style. The central section features three large round arched openings with cast-stone keystones. The interior features "The Harvest"; a mural from 1937 by artist Arnold Blanch.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312261

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