United States Post Office (Oxford, New York)
US Post Office-Oxford | |
U.S. Post Office, December 2009 | |
| Location | 2 S. Washington Ave.,[2] Oxford, New York |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°26′32″N 75°35′56″W / 42.44222°N 75.59889°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1939 |
| Architect | Louis A. Simon, Mordi Gassner |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002392[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
US Post Office-Oxford is a historic post office building located at Oxford in Chenango County, New York, United States. It was built in 1939–1940, 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, five-bay, steel-frame structure on a raised, poured-concrete foundation with a molded-brick watercourse. It's square, with a slate-covered hipped roof in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a 1941 mural by Mordi Gassner titled "Family Reunion on Clark Island: Spring 1791." It is located within the Oxford Village Historic District.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Address based on USPS website. Accessed March 29, 2016.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved March 1, 2016. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Oxford Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved March 1, 2016. and Accompanying 10 photographs