US Post Office-Canton
National Register of Historic Places

US Post Office-Canton

Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York
Listed
November 17, 1988
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
88002469

About this property

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 1936–37, 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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Location

Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York
44.59543, -75.16923

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-Canton listed on the National Register?

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

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

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

What is the period of significance for US Post Office-Canton?

The period of significance for US Post Office-Canton is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1936.

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