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United States Post Office (Harrison, New York)

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Coordinates: 40°58′7″N 73°42′51″W / 40.96861°N 73.71417°W / 40.96861; -73.71417
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US Post Office-Harrison
U.S. Post Office, Harrison, New York, July 2010
United States Post Office (Harrison, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Harrison, New York)
United States Post Office (Harrison, New York) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Harrison, New York)
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Location258 Halstead Ave., Harrison, New York, 10528
Coordinates40°58′7″N 73°42′51″W / 40.96861°N 73.71417°W / 40.96861; -73.71417
Arealess than one acre
Built1938
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; Goodwin, Harold
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002524[1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

US Post Office-Harrison is a historic post office building located at Harrison in Westchester County, New York, United States. It was built in 1938 by the Office of the Supervising Architect under the direction of Louis A. Simon. It is a one-story, symmetrically massed building clad with random stone ashlar in the Colonial Revival style. The entrance is flanked by fluted, engaged Doric order columns and pilasters which support a simple entablature. The slate roof is topped by a square, flat topped cupola. The lobby features a 1941 mural by Harold Goodwin titled "Early Days of the Automobile."[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 (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Harrison Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying five photographs


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