{"nrhp_refnum":"88002351","name":"US Post Office-Medina","other_names":["Medina Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"128 W. Center St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medina","county":"Orleans County","state":"NY","lat":43.22053826800004,"lon":-78.38839511899994,"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 brick Colonial Revival post office at 128 West Center Street, Medina, Orleans County, New York, built in 1931-32 and designed under James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a distinguished example of early twentieth century public architecture in the Colonial Revival style. It was authorized by Congress at the start of the Depression-era public buildings programs. It is considered a particularly fine example of its type for its English bond brickwork and limestone decoration, including the swan's-neck pedimented entry and carved eagle.","narrative":"Medina's post office at 128 West Center Street is a one-story brick building completed in 1931-32 in the Colonial Revival style. It has a hip roof with slate shingles, a limestone base, red brick walls laid in English bond, brick quoins and a limestone cornice with corbels. The entry is framed by Ionic columns and topped by a broken swan's-neck pediment, and a carved eagle marks the parapet. Congress first authorized a federal building for Medina in 1928, but funds came only after the Depression began. The design dates from the tenure of James A. Wetmore as Acting Supervising Architect of the Treasury, when postal designs were being standardized. The same plan is known to have been used in Salem, Indiana, but nowhere else in New York. The nomination describes the building as a particularly fine example among Colonial Revival post offices, which were the most popular style for small postal facilities in the 1920s and 1930s. Original lockboxes and marble wainscoting survive in the lobby.","period_of_significance":"1931-2","architect_builder":"James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition, altered; still serving as the post office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.676442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002351.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002351/c899b64468-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002351/c899b64468-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Medina,_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:Medina,_NY,_post_office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314257","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Medina,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891000"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orleans-county/us-post-office-medina-88002351/"}