United States Post Office (Oxford, New York)
Appearance
US Post Office-Oxford | |
Location | S. Washington Ave., Oxford, New York |
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Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1939 |
Architect | Simon, Louis A.; Gassner, Mordi |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002392[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
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. Simon. It is a one-story, five-bay, steel-frame structure on a raised, poured-concrete foundation with a molded-brick watercourse. It's square, with a slate-covered hipped roof in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a 1941 mural by Mordi Gassner titled "Family Reunion on Clark Island: Spring 1791." It is located within the Oxford Village Historic District.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Oxford Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".