United States Post Office (Johnstown, New York)

US Post Office-Johnstown
United States Post Office, December 2007
Location 14 N. William St., Johnstown, New York
Coordinates 43°0′26″N 74°22′27″W / 43.00722°N 74.37417°W / 43.00722; -74.37417Coordinates: 43°0′26″N 74°22′27″W / 43.00722°N 74.37417°W / 43.00722; -74.37417
Area less than one acre
Built 1912
Architect Taylor, James Knox; U.S. Treasury Department
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858–1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002337[1]
Added to NRHP May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Johnstown is a historic post office building located at Johnstown in Fulton County, New York. It was designed and built in 1912–1913, 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, James Knox Taylor. It was enlarged in 1965–1966. The original section is a five-by-seven-bay, 1-story limestone structure on a granite foundation in the Classical Revival style. The entrance portico features four Doric order columns supporting an entabulature. The building also features semi-circular arched windows.[2]

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

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