{"nrhp_refnum":"88002387","name":"US Post Office-Nyack","other_names":["Nyack Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"48 S. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nyack","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.08867108800007,"lon":-73.91923768799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story buff brick post office at 48 South Broadway in the village of Nyack, Rockland County, New York, designed and built in 1932 under the U.S. Treasury Department.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinguished example of Classical Revival design, a style rarely used for New York State post offices between the world wars. It also holds a series of 1936 interior murals by Jacob Getlar Smith, painted under the Treasury Relief Arts Project. The building retains much of its exterior and interior integrity.","narrative":"Set on a landscaped rise at the corner of South Broadway and Hudson Avenue, the Nyack Post Office is a symmetrical one-story building of buff brick laid in Flemish bond, resting on a high limestone-clad basement. A long stair with bronze railings and tripod lamps leads to bronze double doors framed by fluted Doric pilasters and a full Doric entablature. Limestone quoins and a blocked cornice complete the facade. Authorized in 1931 and built in 1932 under Acting Supervising Architect of the Treasury James A. Wetmore, it was designed in the Classical Revival style, a choice uncommon among New York post offices of the era, when Colonial Revival was favored. Inside, the lobby has marble wainscot, a checkerboard terrazzo floor and murals painted in 1936 by Jacob Getlar Smith, with help from Jacob Peltzman. Funded through the Treasury Relief Arts Project, they show local scenes, including Henry Hudson's ship, Dutch settlers and the underground railroad.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1932; 1936)","architect_builder":"Treasury Department; James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, and in government use as a post office; the exterior retains a high degree of integrity and the interior somewhat less.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.108381-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002387.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002387/8f255ffafc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002387/8f255ffafc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nyack,_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:Nyack,_NY,_post_office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314502","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Nyack,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2466401"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/us-post-office-nyack-88002387/"}