United States Post Office (Canajoharie, New York)

Coordinates: 42°54′23″N 74°33′41″W / 42.90639°N 74.56139°W / 42.90639; -74.56139
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US Post Office-Canajoharie
United States Post Office (Canajoharie, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Canajoharie, New York)
United States Post Office (Canajoharie, New York) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Canajoharie, New York)
Location50 W. Main St., Canajoharie, New York
Coordinates42°54′23″N 74°33′41″W / 42.90639°N 74.56139°W / 42.90639; -74.56139
Arealess than one acre
Built1937
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; Shulkin, Anatol
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002464[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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]

The historic post office building in Canajoharie, New York features a New Deal-funded Section of Fine Arts mural painted by Anatol Shulkin. Titled “Invention of the Paper Bag in Canajoharie,” the mural was installed in the post office lobby in 1942.

Both the Library and the Mural are New Deal Projects.. ' "The New Deal" refers to a series of domestic programs (lasting roughly from 1933 to 1939) implemented during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the effects of the Great Depression on the U.S. economy[3].'

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] It is located in the Canajoharie Historic District.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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: Canajoharie Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-09-11. See also: "Accompanying six photos".
  3. ^ "Introduction: New Deal Web Guide (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-31.

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