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United States Post Office (Angola, New York)

Coordinates: 42°38′23″N 79°1′42″W / 42.63972°N 79.02833°W / 42.63972; -79.02833
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US Post Office--Angola
U.S. Post Office, January 2010
United States Post Office (Angola, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Angola, New York)
United States Post Office (Angola, New York) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Angola, New York)
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Interactive map showing the location of the U.S. Post Office, Angola
Location80 N. Main St., Angola, New York
Coordinates42°38′23″N 79°1′42″W / 42.63972°N 79.02833°W / 42.63972; -79.02833
Built1938
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; Scholz, Leopold
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002452[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

US Post Office—Angola is a historic post office building located at Angola in Erie County, New York. It was designed and built 1938–1939, 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. The interior features a cast-stone relief sculpture by Leopold Scholz executed in 1940 and titled A Pioneer Woman's Bravery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Angola Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying six photographs
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