United States Post Office (Attica, New York)

US Post Office—Attica is a historic post office building located at Attica in Wyoming County, New York. It was designed and built in 1936-1937 as a Works Progress Administration project, 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 brick structure on a stone watertable in the Colonial Revival style. The interior includes a mural painted in 1938 by Thomas Donnelly and titled Fall in the Genesee Country.[2]

US Post Office-Attica
U.S. Post Office, July 2011
Location76 Main St., Attica, New York
Coordinates42°51′49″N 78°16′51″W
Built1936
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; Donnelly, Thomas
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002453[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[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: Attica Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying four photos".


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