U.S. Post Office (Akron, New York)
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US Post Office—Akron is a historic post office
building located at Akron
in Erie County, New York
. It was designed and built 1939-1940, 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 building is in the Colonial Revival
style and is virtually identical to the post offices at Scotia, Oxford
, Middleburgh
, and Horseheads. The interior features a mural by Elizabeth Logan painted in 1941 and titled "Horse-Drawn Railroad."
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1989.
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
building located at Akron
Akron, New York
Akron, New York is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was listed as 3,085 in the 2000 census. The name means a high place. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
in Erie County, New York
Erie County, New York
Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,040. The county seat is Buffalo. The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of American Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654.Erie...
. It was designed and built 1939-1940, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect
Office of the Supervising Architect
The Office of the Supervising Architect was an agency of the United States Treasury Department that designed federal government buildings from 1852 to 1939....
of the Treasury Department, Louis A. Simon. The building is in the Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival architecture
The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...
style and is virtually identical to the post offices at Scotia, Oxford
U.S. Post Office (Oxford, New York)
US Post Office-Oxford is a historic post office building located at Oxford in Chenango County, New York, United States. It was built in 1939-1940, 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 under Louis A....
, Middleburgh
U.S. Post Office (Middleburgh, New York)
US Post Office-Middleburgh is a historic post office building located at Middleburgh in Schoharie County, New York, United States. It was designed and built 1939-1940, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury...
, and Horseheads. The interior features a mural by Elizabeth Logan painted in 1941 and titled "Horse-Drawn Railroad."
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1989.