{"nrhp_refnum":"88002390","name":"US Post Office-Oneida","other_names":["Oneida Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"133 Farrier Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oneida","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":43.094108934000076,"lon":-75.65305292299996,"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 and limestone post office at 133 Farrier Avenue, at the corner of Broad Street, in downtown Oneida, Madison County, New York. It was designed and built in 1931-2 under the Treasury Department.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be a distinguished example of a Colonial Revival public building in New York State, with well-executed limestone and brick detailing. It was the earliest of three closely related central New York post offices, along with Herkimer and Norwich, and likely set their design precedent. It also retains a high degree of exterior and interior integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1931-2, the Oneida Post Office is a one-story brick building at 133 Farrier Avenue in downtown Oneida. Its front is faced with brick laid in alternating header and stretcher courses, and the five central bays are limestone. Round-arched openings with fanlights, Ionic pilasters, quoins and an entrance with a swan's-neck pediment give it a Colonial Revival character. Inside, the lobby has a barrel-vaulted ceiling with cross vaults, terrazzo floors, marble baseboards and a walnut-stained paneled wainscot. Funds were appropriated in 1931 as part of a federal program of 136 New York post office projects meant to ease Depression unemployment. The design was produced under Acting Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore, and the form suggests Louis A. Simon may have been the actual designer. Oneida was the first of three nearly identical central New York post offices, with Herkimer and Norwich, and it likely set the pattern for them. The building keeps much of its original exterior and interior character.","period_of_significance":"1931-2","architect_builder":"Treasury Department; James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, on its original site, and in government use as a post office; it retains a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.989901-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002390.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100002667","name":"Oneida Downtown Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/oneida-downtown-commercial-historic-district-100002667/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313517","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Oneida,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891018"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/us-post-office-oneida-88002390/"}