United States Post Office (Cortland, New York)

US Post Office-Cortland
Location: 88 Main St., Cortland, New York
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1915
Architect: Wenderoth, Oscar; Ludins, Ryah
Architectural style: Classical Revival, Neoclassical
Governing body: U.S. Postal Service
MPS: US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference#: 88002475[1]
Added to NRHP: November 17, 1988

US Post Office-Cortland is a historic post office building located at Cortland in Cortland County, New York. It was built in 1913-1915 and enlarged in 1940-1941. It is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Oscar Wenderoth. It is a one story building with a brick foundation clad in granite with facades clad in coursed ashlar limestone in the Neoclassical style. The lobby features a wood relief by Ryah Ludins in 1942-1943 titled "Valley of the Seven Hills."[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cortland Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1594. Retrieved 2009-11-10.  See also: "Accompanying 16 photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1592.  and "Accompanying 15 photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1593. 
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