United States Post Office (Fulton, New York)
US Post Office-Fulton is a historic post office building located at Fulton in Oswego County, New York. It was built in 1912-1915 and enlarged in 1936–1938. It is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, James Knox Taylor. It is a two-story building with a limestone facade that contains a six-part colonnade with attached Doric order columns set in antis between Doric piers in the Greek Revival style. The lobby features a mural by Caroline S. Rohland in 1942 titled "Father LeMoyne Trying to Convert the Indians on Pathfinder Island."[2]
US Post Office-Fulton | |
Location | 214 S. First St., Fulton, New York |
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Coordinates | 43°19′3″N 76°24′53″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1912 |
Architect | Taylor, James Knox; Rohland, Caroline S. |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002519[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fulton Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
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