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United States Post Office (Wellsville, New York)

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United States historic place
US Post Office-Wellsville
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Post Office Wellsville, New York, April 2012
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Location40 E. Pearl St., Wellsville, New York
Coordinates42°7′24″N 77°56′56″W / 42.12333°N 77.94889°W / 42.12333; -77.94889
Arealess than one acre
Built1931
ArchitectMurphy & Olmsted
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002445
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

US Post Office-Wellsville is a historic post office building located at Wellsville in Allegany County, New York. It was designed and built in 1931–1933. It is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by consulting architects Murphy & Olmsted to the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. It is a two-story, brick clad structure on a limestone clad foundation with two one-story wings. The structure is in the Classical Revival style. The interior includes two bas relief panels; one depicting the first League of Peace of the Iroquois tribes and the second depicting Mary Jemison, "White Woman of the Genesee." It is located across from Wellsville Erie Depot.

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. Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wellsville Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in New York
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