{"nrhp_refnum":"88002338","name":"US Post Office-Lake George","other_names":["Lake George Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Canada and James St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lake George","county":"Warren County","state":"NY","lat":43.42380792900008,"lon":-73.71319273899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, steel-frame brick post office at Canada and James Streets in the village of Lake George, Warren County, New York, constructed in 1940 and opened to the public on January 30, 1941.","why_significant":"It is an intact example of the federal post office architecture built during the Great Depression, designed in a simplified Colonial Revival style with modernistic touches. It is one of three nearly identical buildings erected in New York State in 1940-41, following standard designs associated with Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon. It also holds a well-preserved 1942 mural by Judson Smith, commissioned by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Built in 1940 at Canada and James Streets in the village of Lake George, this one-story post office is a small-scale example of federal construction from the Great Depression. Its steel frame is faced in red brick laid in English bond, with cast-stone trim, a slate hip roof over a three-bay central pavilion, and recessed side wings. A cast-metal eagle sits in the entrance transom. The design is an extremely simplified Colonial Revival, with symmetrical massing and multi-paned windows, though the plain brick surfaces and angled corners reflect modernist influence. Louis A. Simon's Treasury Department office produced the design, which was repeated in Frankfort and Middleport. Inside, the L-shaped lobby keeps its marble dado, wood paneling, terrazzo floor and original teller windows. A 1942 canvas mural by Judson Smith, painted for the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts, shows a view of Lake George. The building opened on January 30, 1941.","period_of_significance":"1940-1; 1942","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; built by James I. Barnes Construction Company of Logansport, Indiana","architectural_style":"Simplified Colonial Revival with Art Deco and Moderne influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained, in good condition, and retaining a high degree of integrity inside and out; the form lists it as occupied and in government use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.455047-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002338.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002338/13f81d4d50-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002338/13f81d4d50-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_George,_NY,_post_office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_George,_NY,_post_office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315403","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Lake_George,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q144425"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/warren-county/us-post-office-lake-george-88002338/"}