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US Post Office-Tonawanda
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Tonawanda Post Office, September 2012
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Location	96 Seymour St., Tonawanda, New York
Coordinates	43°1′1″N 78°52′47″W / 43.01694°N 78.87972°W / 43.01694; -78.87972
Built	1939
Architect	Louis A. Simon; US Treasury Department
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.	88002437
Added to NRHP	May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Tonawanda is a historic post office building located at Tonawanda in Erie County, New York, United States. It was designed and built 1939–1940, 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 under Louis A. Simon. The building is in the Colonial Revival style and features a central pavilion crowned by a cupola and flanked by end pavilions with gable roofs. The interior once featured a mural by Symeon Shimin, but it was removed and has disappeared. An addition to the north was added in 1964.

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

References

1. ^ "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 2016-09-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Tonawanda Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-09-01. and Accompanying six photographs

External links

• US Post Office-Tonawanda - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

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