{"nrhp_refnum":"00001428","name":"United States Post Office-Punxsutawney","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 N. Findley St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Punxsutawney","county":"Jefferson County","state":"PA","lat":40.944889544000034,"lon":-78.97210909299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Neo-Classical Revival brick post office with a limestone Ionic portico, located at the northwest corner of Findley Street and Pine Street in the central business district of Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1914.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant as the first structure in Punxsutawney built solely as a federal government facility, serving that role from 1914 until 1998. It is also argued to be the finest Neo-Classical Revival institutional building in the community and a well-preserved example of Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor's approach to federal design.","narrative":"Completed in 1914 at the northwest corner of Findley and Pine Streets in Punxsutawney, this two-story brick post office has a full Ionic portico of smooth-dressed limestone that occupies most of its facade. The building was erected after six sites were considered and a contract was let in November 1912 to Edward Henry of Ironton, Ohio, at a negotiated figure of $58,800. Construction took place mainly during 1913. Its main lobby retains a built-in curvilinear marble-and-mahogany table, and the postmaster's office keeps original woodwork and a transom. The building is regarded as the first in the community built solely for federal use, and it housed the post office until its relocation in 1998. It is also considered the most imposing example of Neo-Classical Revival design in Punxsutawney, reflecting the design approach of Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor. The building is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1914-1950","architect_builder":"Henry, Edward, builder; Taylor, James Knox, architect","architectural_style":"LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS/Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant; the building remains under federal ownership and its future is unclear.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.529826-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/00001428.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001428/44001b1c8e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001428/44001b1c8e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Punxsutawney,_Pennsylvania_(6940986486).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Punxsutawney,_Pennsylvania_(6940986486).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997892","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Punxsutawney,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891037"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/jefferson-county/united-states-post-office-punxsutawney-00001428/"}