United States Post Office (Penn Yan, New York)

US Post Office-Penn Yan
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Historic U.S. Post Office in Penn Yan.
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Location	159 Main St., Penn Yan, New York
Coordinates	42°39′44″N 77°3′16″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1912
Architect	Taylor, James Knox; US Treasury Department
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858–1943, TR
NRHP reference No.	88002403[1]
Added to NRHP	May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Penn Yan is a historic post office building located at Penn Yan in Yates 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 is a symmetrically massed, 1+1⁄2-story red brick structure on a granite-clad raised basement in the Colonial Revival style. It is a contributing element in the Penn Yan Historic District.[2]

Interior of the Post Office.

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

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Penn Yan Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying nine photos".