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United States Post Office (Hudson Falls, New York)

Coordinates: 43°17′59″N 73°35′8″W / 43.29972°N 73.58556°W / 43.29972; -73.58556
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US Post Office-Hudson Falls
U.S. Post Office, Hudson Falls NY, June 2008
United States Post Office (Hudson Falls, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Hudson Falls, New York)
United States Post Office (Hudson Falls, New York) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Hudson Falls, New York)
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Location114 Main St., Hudson Falls, New York
Coordinates43°17′59″N 73°35′8″W / 43.29972°N 73.58556°W / 43.29972; -73.58556
Arealess than one acre
Built1935
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; Picken, George
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002509[1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

US Post Office-Hudson Falls is a historic post office building located at Hudson Falls in Washington County, New York. It was designed and built 1935–1936, 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. Simon. The building is in the Colonial Revival style and is a 1+12-story, five-bay, steel-frame building clad in red brick. The interior features a 1937 mural series by George Picken that includes "Scenes and Activities of the Hudson," "Transportation," and "Mail by Airplane."[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 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hudson Falls Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying four photographs