US Post Office--Wappingers Falls, NY - WPA Projects on Waymarking.com

The Wappingers Falls Post Office was originally built in 1940 as the village's new post office, a Works Progress Administration project. President Franklin D. Roosevelt took a personal interest in the project, as he already had with new post offices in other Dutchess County communities. He wanted it to be built of fieldstone in the style of many old Dutch colonial houses in the Hudson Valley, and chose the Brouier-Mesier House in the village as the model for its design. R. Stanley Miller, a local architect who had already designed the similar Rhinebeck post office, was assigned the job.

In 1989 the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The U.S. Postal Service has since had to move to a larger building a few blocks away on East Main. The village moved most of its functions here and built a new wing — clapboard, not stone, but otherwise consistent with the original design — on the rear of the building to house its police department.

Project type: Government building (non-park) Date built or created: 1940 Location: Wappingers Falls, NY US Post Office City: Village of Wappingers Falls Condition: Good upkeep with a little wear and tear Website for additional information: [Web Link]

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