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US Post Office--Fredonia
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U.S. Post Office, November 2010
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| Location: | 21 Day St., Fredonia, New York |
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| Built: | 1935 |
| Architect: | Simon, Louis A.; Blanch, Arnold |
| Architectural style: | Colonial Revival |
| Governing body: | U.S. Postal Service |
| MPS: | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP Reference#: | 88002515[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | November 17, 1988 |
US Post Office—Fredonia is a historic post office building located at Fredonia in Chautauqua County, New York and within the boundaries of the Fredonia Commons Historic District. It was designed and built in 1935-1936 as a Works Progress Administration project, 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. It is a one story, five bay brick structure set on a brick foundation in the Colonial Revival style. The central section features three large round arched openings with cast-stone keystones. The interior features "The Harvest"; a mural from 1937 by artist Arnold Blanch.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]