{"nrhp_refnum":"88002368","name":"US Post Office-New Rochelle","other_names":["New Rochelle Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"255 North Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Rochelle","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.911465046000046,"lon":-73.78177457199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story post office at 225 North Avenue in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, built between 1936 and 1938 on a trapezoidal corner lot. It was designed by Frederick G. Frost with Hart & Shape as associate architects.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its intact group of three Depression-era murals painted by David Hutchinson in 1940 under the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. The murals are notable for their large size and irregular shape, made to fit the lobby, and they show local history. The building itself lost much of its design and material integrity, so it is not nominated for architecture.","narrative":"This one-story post office at 225 North Avenue in New Rochelle, New York, was built between 1936 and 1938 as part of federal public building programs meant to relieve Depression-era unemployment. Frederick G. Frost designed it with Hart & Shape as associate architects. It was originally an Art Moderne building with terra-cotta walls, but the terra cotta was later replaced with orange-red brick, and the lobby was remodeled and partly subdivided. What remains most significant is a set of three murals painted by David Hutchinson and installed in 1940 through the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. The large central mural shows French Huguenots building log cabins, another depicts John Pell receiving payment for 6,000 acres, and a third shows a post rider bringing news of the Battle of Lexington. The central panel measures about six by thirty-three and a half feet, making the group unusually large for a post office. The murals are the basis for the listing.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Frost; Hart & Shape, architects; David Hutchinson, artist","architectural_style":"Art Moderne (as originally built)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition, in government use by the U.S. Postal Service. The exterior brick replaced the original terra-cotta, and the lobby has been altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.992373-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002368.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002368/a32f5d7795-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002368/a32f5d7795-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USPO_New_Rochelle_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USPO_New_Rochelle_jeh.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315503","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(New_Rochelle,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891006"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/us-post-office-new-rochelle-88002368/"}