United States Post Office (Canton, New York)

US Post Office-Canton is a historic post office building located at Canton in St. Lawrence 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. The building is in the Colonial Revival style and is a one-story, nine bay steel framed structure clad in red brick in a trapezoidal shape. It features a multi-tiered cupola on its low hip roof. The interior features a relief sculpture executed in 1939 by Berta Margoulies.[3]

US Post Office-Canton
Location100 Main St.,[1]
Canton, New York
Coordinates44.5954°N 75.1692°W / 44.5954; -75.1692
Arealess than one acre
Built1936
ArchitectLouis A. Simon, Berta Margoulies, sculptor
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002469[2]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[2]

References
  1. Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 2, 2016.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Canton Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying seven photographs


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