{"nrhp_refnum":"88002356","name":"US Post Office-Northport","other_names":["Northport Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"244 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Northport","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.90056193100003,"lon":-73.34733688699998,"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 red brick post office at 244 Main Street in the village of Northport, Suffolk County, New York, built in 1936 to a design from the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury under Louis A. Simon.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact, representative example of federal Colonial Revival architecture built under Depression-era public works programs. It is one of four virtually identical post offices designed by Louis A. Simon in New York State between 1934 and 1936. Its standardized, restrained design reflects the most prolific era of post office construction in the nation's history.","narrative":"Northport's post office at 244 Main Street is a one-story, five-bay building of red brick on a steel frame, completed in 1936. Congress authorized it in 1931 as part of a public works program responding to Depression-era unemployment, and T. B. Campbell, Inc. won the construction contract. The design came from the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury under Louis A. Simon. It is one of four nearly identical post offices in New York State, the others being in Saugerties, Silver Creek and Hamburg. Colonial Revival details include twelve-over-twelve windows, a slate hip roof, brick quoins, and a central entrance with fluted wood pilasters and a broken arch pediment. Inside, the L-shaped lobby keeps its tile floors, wainscoting, plaster cornice and woodwork. A rear addition from about 1966 doubled the building's size but is considered non-contributing. The building was listed for its architectural value as a typical, well-preserved federal design of the 1930s.","period_of_significance":"1936","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; T. B. Campbell, Inc. (construction contractor)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained and in good condition, retaining most of its original exterior integrity; a rear extension and mailing platform added about 1966 are non-contributing. The form lists the property as occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.290441-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002356.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002356/771f70081f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002356/771f70081f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northport,_New_York_Post_Office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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:Northport,_New_York_Post_Office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314969","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Northport,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707571"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/us-post-office-northport-88002356/"}