{"nrhp_refnum":"88002399","name":"US Post Office-Pearl River","other_names":["Pearl River Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Franklin and Main Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pearl River","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.05805960600003,"lon":-74.02184554599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, five-bay red brick post office at Franklin and Main Streets in the village of Pearl River, Rockland County, New York, built in 1935-36 to designs from the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","why_significant":"It is argued to be an intact representative example of federal architecture built under Depression-era public works programs. Its design is an extremely simplified Colonial Revival with Moderne and Art Deco influences, typical of post offices built in New York State after 1935. It was designed under Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect from 1933 to 1939.","narrative":"Built in 1935-36 at Franklin and Main Streets in Pearl River, Rockland County, this one-story red brick post office reflects the federal building programs of the Great Depression. Congress authorized it in 1931 as part of a statewide group of new post offices, and the contractor Dornbush & Distefano, Inc. built it under a $70,000 appropriation limit. The design came from the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury under Louis A. Simon. It is a modest, simplified version of the Colonial Revival style, with a three-bay central pavilion, recessed one-bay wings, a cast-stone door surround, multi-paned windows, a flat roof and no cornice. These last features show Moderne and Art Deco influence. Inside, the lobby keeps its ceramic tile wainscot, terrazzo floor and plaster cornice, though it has been altered over time. The building is considered a well-preserved example of the many post offices of this period in New York State, and the exterior retains a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1935-36","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; built by contractor Dornbush & Distefano, Inc.","architectural_style":"Extremely simplified Colonial Revival with Moderne and Art Deco influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained and in good condition, retaining a high degree of exterior integrity; the form lists it as occupied and in government use as a post office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.197586-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002399.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002399/17cbb2f434-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002399/17cbb2f434-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pearl_River,_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:Pearl_River,_NY,_post_office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314526","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Pearl_River,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891026"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/us-post-office-pearl-river-88002399/"}