United States Post Office (Painted Post, New York)

US Post Office-Painted Post
U.S. Post Office, Painted Post, New York, October 2009
Location: 135 N. Hamilton St., Painted Post, New York
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1937
Architect: Simon, Louis A.; Jones, Amy
Architectural style: Colonial Revival
Governing body: U.S. Postal Service
MPS: US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference#: 88002395[1]
Added to NRHP: May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Painted Post is a historic post office building located at Painted Post in Steuben County, New York. It was designed in 1937 and built in 1937-1938 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, three bay structure clad in red brick in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a 1939 mural by Amy Jones titled "Recording the Victory" and depicting a Revolutionary War scene.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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