National Register of Historic Places

US Post Office-Akron

Akron, Erie County, New York
Listed
November 17, 1988
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
88002449

About this property

US Post Office—Akron is a historic post office building located at Akron, Erie County, New York. 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, Louis A. Simon. It was completed in December 1940 as the result of residents requesting it from Congressman Alfred Beiter. The building is in the Colonial Revival style and is virtually identical to the post offices at Scotia, Oxford, Middleburgh, and Horseheads. The interior features a mural by Elizabeth Logan painted in 1941 and titled Horse-Drawn Railroad. When it opened on December 30, 1940, the Akron News reported that, "As you enter the stately stairway to the entrance of the new postoffice you have a certain sense of solidness and rigidity. The brass trimmed doors lend an atmosphere of a Government building." It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Location

118 Main St.
Akron, Erie County, New York
43.02096, -78.47369

Categories

ARTPOLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was US Post Office-Akron listed on the National Register?

US Post Office-Akron was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1988.

What type of historic resource is US Post Office-Akron?

US Post Office-Akron is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for US Post Office-Akron is recorded as the industrial era.

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