United States Post Office (Yonkers, New York)

US Post Office--Yonkers
Location: 79--81 Main Street,
Yonkers, New York
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1927
Architect: Wetmore, James A.
Architectural style: Classical Revival
Governing body: U.S. Postal Service
MPS: US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference#: 88002448[1]
Added to NRHP: May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Yonkers is a historic post office building located at Yonkers in Westchester County, New York, United States. It was built in 1927 and is one of a number of post offices in New York designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore. It is two story steel frame building with facades of smooth-faced, buff-colored limestone in the Classical Revival style. It is composed of symmetrical bays divided by flat two story engaged pilasters with Corinthian order capitals.[2]

The post office is located across Buena Vista Avenue from Yonkers Amtrak & Metro-North station. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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: Yonkers Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10779. Retrieved 2010-10-01.  See also: "Accompanying five photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10792. 
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