{"nrhp_refnum":"88002380","name":"US Post Office-Norwich","other_names":["Norwich Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20--22 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Norwich","county":"Chenango County","state":"NY","lat":42.53104464000006,"lon":-75.52198156599997,"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 post office at 20-22 East Main Street in Norwich, Chenango County, New York, designed in 1931 and built in 1932-33. It is a contributing building in the Broad Street and Main Street Historic District.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a fine example of Colonial Revival public architecture in New York State, with elaborate cast-stone ornament and a well-composed entrance facade. It was built during the Depression-era public buildings programs and is closely related in design to the post offices at Herkimer and Oneida. It also remains a symbol of the federal presence in Norwich's civic core.","narrative":"Set well back from East Main Street on a landscaped lot, this one-story post office in Norwich, New York, was designed in 1931 by Syracuse architect George Ketcham, who served as a consulting architect to the Treasury Department's Supervising Architect. Built in 1932-33 as part of Depression-era public building programs, it is faced with red and brown Flemish-bond brick and decorated with cast stone. The front facade has round-arched windows between Corinthian pilasters and a central entrance under a swan's-neck pediment with an urn. The lobby has marble wainscoting, terrazzo floors, heavy plaster moldings and wide segmental arches framing the screenline. The nomination calls it a fine Colonial Revival public building, noting that its carved exterior ornament is the best among three closely related central New York post offices, the others being in Herkimer and Oneida. Although the roofline parapet has been removed, the building retains a high degree of integrity and remains a symbol of federal presence downtown.","period_of_significance":"1932-33","architect_builder":"George Ketcham","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in use as a post office; the roofline parapet with balustrade panels has been removed, and the lobby has some modified teller openings and later lighting.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.686571-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002380.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002380/aa719370ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002380/aa719370ae-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Tomwsulcer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_of_Norwich_in_New_York_State_37.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tomwsulcer</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_of_Norwich_in_New_York_State_37.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75001178","name":"Chenango County Courthouse District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/chenango-county-courthouse-district-75001178/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312297","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Norwich,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891014"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chenango-county/us-post-office-norwich-88002380/"}