US Post Office - Dansville, New York - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

According to the NRHP Archive: The Dansville Post Office is architecturally significant as a distinguished example of Colonial Revival style public building in New York State. The building was designed in 1932 by Rochester architect Charles A. Carpenter, a consulting architect to the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, which at that time was under the direction of James A. Wetmore. The post office was constructed in 1932-1933 during the early part of the massive public buildings programs initiated to relieve unemployment caused by the Great Depression. Although the Colonial Revival style had become the accepted idiom for most post offices (and other public buildings) during the 1920's and 1930's, the Dansville Post Office is in sharp contrast to the simple and standardized designs that characterize the majority of post offices built during this period, the most prolific period of post office construction in the nation's history. Rather than being built to a standard design produced by the Office of the Supervising Architect, Dansville and a small group of other distinguished New York post offices were designed by consulting architects, who were usually allowed a certain design freedom in their post office commissions. Carpenter's design employs Colonial Revival forms and decoration in a sophisticated manner, particularly evident in the elegant arcaded porch and exuberant limestone decoration.

Street address: 100 Main St Dansville, NY USA 14437 County / Borough / Parish: Livingston Year listed: 1988 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1925-1949 Historic function: Government/Post Office Current function: Government/Post Office Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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