United States Post Office (Port Jervis, New York)

The U.S. Post Office in Port Jervis, New York serves the 12771 ZIP Code. This covers all of the city of Port Jervis and adjoining portions of the Town of Deer Park. It is located downtown, at 20 Sussex St.

U.S. Post Office
LocationPort Jervis, NY
Coordinates41°22′30″N 74°41′33″W
BuiltEarly 1920s
ArchitectOscar Wenderoth
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002408
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

The building was designed by Oscar Wenderoth in the early 1920s in a Colonial Revival style of brick and mortar. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. In 2007 the United States Congress enacted legislation introduced by Rep. John Hall to rename the building the E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building,[1] after E. Arthur Gray, mayor of Port Jervis from 1978–88.[2]

See also
  •  Hudson Valley portal

References
Notes
  1. H.R.3196 -- To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 Sussex Street in Port Jervis, New York, as the 'E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building'.
  2. "Hall introduces bill to name PJ post office for late Mayor Arthur Gray". Times-Herald Record. Ottaway Community Newspapers. August 3, 2007.


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