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US Post Office-Rye
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U.S. Post Office-Rye, New York, October 2006
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| Location: | 41 Purdy Ave., Rye, New York |
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| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1935 |
| Architect: | Simon, Louis A.; De Bois, Guy Pene |
| Architectural style: | Colonial Revival |
| Governing body: | U.S. Postal Service |
| MPS: | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP Reference#: | 88002426[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | May 11, 1989 |
US Post Office-Rye is a historic post office building located at Rye in Westchester County, New York, United States. It was built in 1935 and designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under the direction of Louis A. Simon. It is a one story symmetrical flat roofed building in the Colonial Revival style. The front facade features a central, recessed entrance with broad limestone surround and shallow decorated cornice. The lobby features a mural by Guy Pene De Bois painted in 1938 and titled "John Jay at His Home."[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]