O'Brien General Store and Post Office

O'Brien General Store
and Post Office
General store half of the complex in 2007
Location: Rhinecliff, NY
Nearest city: Kingston
Area: less than one acre
Built: late 19th century
Architectural style: Italianate
Governing body: Private residence and business; U.S. Postal Service
Part of: Hudson River Historic District (#90002219)
MPS: Rhinebeck Town MRA
NRHP Reference#: 87001088[1]
Added to NRHP: July 9, 1987

The O'Brien General Store and Post Office is located at Schatzell and Charles streets in the hamlet of Rhinecliff, New York, USA, across from the community's central plaza. It is a two-building Italianate complex built in the late 19th century. The western half houses the store and the eastern the post office, which serves the small 12574 ZIP Code roughly contiguous with the riverside hamlet.

It is a contributing property to the Hudson River Historic District, a National Historic Landmark which includes all of the hamlet. The building itself was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

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