{"nrhp_refnum":"88002342","name":"US Post Office-Le Roy","other_names":["Le Roy Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Le Roy","county":"Genesee County","state":"NY","lat":42.97775634100003,"lon":-77.98908391799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, five-bay, steel-frame post office at 2 Main Street in the village of Le Roy, Genesee County, New York, built between 1936 and 1938 and clad in coursed ashlar limestone under a slate hip roof with a clock cupola.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding small-scale Colonial Revival federal building from the Depression-era public works programs. Its limestone facing, carved ornamentation, clock tower and graceful proportions set it apart from the standardized brick post offices of the period. Its design resulted from years of negotiation between Treasury Department architects and local citizens led by benefactor Ernest L. Woodward.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Main and Mill Streets beside the Oatka Creek bridge in Le Roy, this post office was built between 1936 and 1938 as part of the federal public works effort of the Depression. It is a one-story, five-bay steel-frame building faced in coursed limestone, with carved garland and postal-themed panels, a steep slate hip roof, and a cupola holding a four-dial illuminated clock. Inside, the L-shaped lobby keeps its terrazzo floors, marble wainscoting and an unusual screenline. Most small post offices in New York from this time were plain brick Colonial Revival buildings, but this one was shaped by local insistence on quality. Village resident Ernest L. Woodward donated the site, paid for the limestone and covered roughly half the cost. He also pressed for a redesigned roofline after the finished building looked too squat. The result is the only small postal building in the state with a clock tower and limestone facing.","period_of_significance":"1936-8","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect (design attributed to consulting architect James B. Arnold; built by Werner Spitz Construction Company of Rochester)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The building retains a high degree of integrity on both the interior and exterior; the form lists it as occupied and government-owned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.94939-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002342.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002342/af83b55baa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002342/af83b55baa-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_Le_Roy_NY_Aug_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_Le_Roy_NY_Aug_10.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100000612","name":"Le Roy Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/le-roy-historic-district-100000612/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313074","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Le_Roy,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890991"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/genesee-county/us-post-office-le-roy-88002342/"}