{"nrhp_refnum":"88002395","name":"US Post Office-Painted Post","other_names":["Painted Post Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"135 N. Hamilton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Painted Post","county":"Steuben County","state":"NY","lat":42.15855499500003,"lon":-77.09323465999995,"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 small one-story red brick post office at 135 North Hamilton Street in the village of Painted Post, Steuben County, New York, designed in 1937 and built in 1937-38 under the Treasury Department's Supervising Architect, Louis A. Simon.","why_significant":"It is an intact example of the small federal post offices built as Great Depression public works projects, designed in a very simple Colonial Revival style. Its three-bay facade with a side entrance is shared by only a few of the smallest post offices built in New York State before 1942. It also holds a 1939 mural by Amy Jones, commissioned by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Built in 1937-38 at 135 North Hamilton Street in Painted Post, this modest one-story post office is clad in red brick laid in common bond. Its three-bay facade has the entrance in the northernmost bay, recessed brick window panels, twelve-over-twelve wood sash, limestone lintels and sills, and a deep boxed wood cornice under a gabled roof. A larger, slightly recessed wing at the rear holds the workroom. It was designed by the Treasury Department under Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon as part of the Depression-era public works program. The same design was used for the Whitehall post office, and both were among the smallest federal post offices built in New York State before 1942. Inside, the lobby has simple ceramic tile, wood and plaster detail. A 1939 mural by Amy Jones, titled \"Recording the Victory,\" depicts a Revolutionary War scene near Painted Post. The building keeps a high degree of exterior and interior integrity, although the original cupola has been removed.","period_of_significance":"1937-8; 1939","architect_builder":"Treasury Department; Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The building retains a high degree of integrity inside and out. It is still used as a post office and is described as occupied by the postal service.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.346294-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002395.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002395/0e269bcb48-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002395/0e269bcb48-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Painted_Post_Oct_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Painted_Post_Oct_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314721","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Painted_Post,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891023"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/steuben-county/us-post-office-painted-post-88002395/"}