United States Post Office (Canajoharie, New York)
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US Post Office-Canajoharie | |
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| Location | 50 W. Main St., Canajoharie, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°54′23″N 74°33′41″W / 42.90639°N 74.56139°WCoordinates: 42°54′23″N 74°33′41″W / 42.90639°N 74.56139°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Simon, Louis A.; Shulkin, Anatol |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 88002464[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 17, 1988 |
US Post Office-Canajoharie is a historic post office building located at Canajoharie in Montgomery County, New York, United States. It was built in 1937, 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 under Louis A. Simon. It is a one story, symmetrical brick building on a stone watertable in the Colonial Revival style. It features a gable roof with a square, flat topped cupola with Doric order pilasters and round-arched vent openings. The interior features a 1942 mural by Anatol Shulkin (1899-1961) titled Invention of the Paper Bag in Canajoharie.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Canajoharie Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-09-11. See also: "Accompanying six photos".
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