{"nrhp_refnum":"88002391","name":"US Post Office-Owego","other_names":["Owego Post OFfice"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6 Lake St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Owego","county":"Tioga County","state":"NY","lat":42.10272694900004,"lon":-76.26115370999997,"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, red brick Colonial Revival post office at 6 Lake Street in the commercial center of Owego, Tioga County, New York. It was designed in 1917 and built in 1919-20.","why_significant":"It is a representative example of the restrained Colonial Revival federal buildings erected in small cities and villages after World War I. Its design reflects the shift away from monumental Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical post offices toward simpler, standardized forms. It is closely related to other New York post offices authorized under the Public Buildings Act of 1913 and retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Located at 6 Lake Street in the commercial center of Owego, this one-story post office was designed in 1917 and completed in 1919-20. Faced in red brick laid in Flemish bond, it has a symmetrical front with a central entrance framed by Doric pilasters and a broken pediment, nine-over-nine windows, and a balustraded brick parapet. A cartouche and garland panel adds a Beaux-Arts touch. Inside, the lobby has a terrazzo floor and a plain, utilitarian layout without ceremonial spaces. The building was designed under James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and built by contractor A.E. Badgley at a cost of $44,822. It was one of eighteen New York post office projects authorized by the Public Buildings Act of 1913 and the earliest of several closely related designs. Its modest scale and restrained decoration illustrate the simpler Colonial Revival approach that became common for post offices after World War I. It also contributes to the Owego Central Historic District.","period_of_significance":"1919-20","architect_builder":"Treasury Department; James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect; general contractor A.E. Badgley","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; the form says the building retains integrity on both exterior and interior, and it is a contributing element of the Owego Central Historic District.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.544879-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002391.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002391/2923a19085-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002391/2923a19085-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jtocwru","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Owego_Post_Office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jtocwru</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:Owego_Post_Office.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"98000353","name":"Owego Central Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/owego-central-historic-district-boundary-increase-98000353/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315132","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Owego,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891019"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/tioga-county/us-post-office-owego-88002391/"}