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United States Post Office (Waverly, New York)

Coordinates: 42°0′7″N 76°32′26″W / 42.00194°N 76.54056°W / 42.00194; -76.54056
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US Post Office-Waverly
United States Post Office (Waverly, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Waverly, New York)
United States Post Office (Waverly, New York) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Waverly, New York)
Location434-348 Waverly St., Waverly, New York
Coordinates42°0′7″N 76°32′26″W / 42.00194°N 76.54056°W / 42.00194; -76.54056
Arealess than one acre
Built1936
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; US Treasury Department
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002444[1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

US Post Office-Waverly is a historic post office building located at Waverly in Tioga County, New York. It was designed and built in 1936–1937 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, Louis A. Simon. It is a one-story, five-bay, steel-frame building clad in yellow/buff-colored brick on a raised foundation executed in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a 1939 mural by artist Musa McKim titled "Spanish Hill and the Early Inhabitants of the Vicinity."[2]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Waverly Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying four photos".