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US Post Office--Fredonia
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Post Office, November 2010
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Location21 Day St., Fredonia, New York
Coordinates42°26′28″N 79°19′57″W / 42.44111°N 79.33250°W / 42.44111; -79.33250
Built1935
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; Blanch, Arnold
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002515
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

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.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fredonia Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying nine photos".

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