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United States Post Office (North Tonawanda, New York)

Coordinates: 43°1′29″N 78°52′23″W / 43.02472°N 78.87306°W / 43.02472; -78.87306
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US Post Office--North Tonawanda
North Tonawanda Post Office, November 2008
United States Post Office (North Tonawanda, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (North Tonawanda, New York)
United States Post Office (North Tonawanda, New York) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (North Tonawanda, New York)
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Location141 Goundry St., North Tonawanda, New York
Coordinates43°1′29″N 78°52′23″W / 43.02472°N 78.87306°W / 43.02472; -78.87306
Built1912
ArchitectWenderoth, Oscar; US Treasury Department
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002357 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

US Post Office—North Tonawanda is a historic post office building located at North Tonawanda in Niagara County, New York. It was designed and built in 1912, and is one of the number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Oscar Wenderoth. The two story building is in the Classical Revival style and features a colossal central portico with two pairs of coupled columns resting on granite pedestals and an elegant domed cupola.[2]

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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: North Tonawanda Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying 14 photographs
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