United States Post Office (Beacon, New York)

U.S. Post Office
The Beacon post office
Location: 369 Main St., Beacon, NY
Built: 1934
Architectural style: Colonial Revival[1]
Governing body: U.S. Postal Service
MPS: US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference#: 88002456[1]
Added to NRHP: November 17, 1988[1]

The U.S. Post Office in Beacon, New York is located at 369 Main Street in the Dutchess County city. It serves the ZIP Code 12508, covering the entire city of Beacon and some of the neighboring areas of the Town of Fishkill.

It was built in 1934 by the Works Progress Administration as part of the New Deal. Architects Charles Rosen and Gilbert Stanley Underwood produced a Colonial Revival style building in stone, a common building material for many early houses in the Hudson Valley. The lobby features a mural of the region by Stephen Rosen, another WPA artist.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-01-24. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: U.S. Post Office, Beacon, New York". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1978. Retrieved 2010-02-20.  See also: "Accompanying five photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1979. 
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