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

The Dunkirk Post Office is architecturally significant as an intact representative example of the federal architecture erected in New York State in the early twentieth century. Designed and constructed in 1928-9, the building is a distinctive example of the Colonial Revival style as applied to a small-scale public building. It exhibits features typical of the period and style, including brick construction, a symmetrical composition, multi-paned window sash and classically inspired ornament. The Dunkirk Post Office was designed during the tenure of James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department from 1915 to 1933. Construction of federal buildings under Wetmore, particularly post offices in small communities, presents a federal image of economic restraint, utility, cost effectiveness and standardization of design. Post offices constructed during this period are in contracts with the individually designed facilities of the earlier twentieth century, built without regard for costs of design or construction.

Source: NRHP Record Archive

Street address: 410 Central Ave Dunkirk, NY USA 14048 County / Borough / Parish: Chautauqua 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 Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] 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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