{"nrhp_refnum":"88002427","name":"US Post Office-Saratoga Springs","other_names":["Saratoga Springs Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"475 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saratoga Springs","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":43.08350202400004,"lon":-73.78507937599994,"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 Neoclassical post office at 475 Broadway, at the corner of Church Street and Lake Avenue in downtown Saratoga Springs, New York, built 1909-1911 to a design by Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an exceptionally fine early twentieth-century public building, combining Neoclassical massing with Italian Renaissance-inspired detail such as patterned brick, veined marble columns and ornate bronze work. It is an important example of James Knox Taylor's work, one of thirteen Taylor post offices in the thematic group. The lobby holds two 1936-37 murals by Guy Pene du Bois, painted under the Treasury Relief Art Project.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Broadway, Church Street and Lake Avenue in downtown Saratoga Springs, this one-story post office was built between 1909 and 1911. Designed by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the Treasury, it is clad in yellow Roman brick with a granite foundation, limestone trim and marble details. A monumental arched entrance with polished white marble Doric columns and bronze work fronts Broadway, and arched windows line the sides. Inside, the large public lobby has a coffered ceiling and a curved leaded-glass skylight. Two murals titled \"Saratoga in the Racing Season,\" painted by Guy Pene du Bois in 1936-37 under a New Deal art program, flank the entrance. The building is one of thirteen Taylor post offices in the thematic group and is more elaborate than many plainer post offices of its era. It also contributes to the Broadway Historic District and relates well to nearby City Hall and the Adirondack Trust building. Later changes include a mailing platform added around 1961 and lobby alterations in 1974.","period_of_significance":"1909-11; 1936-7","architect_builder":"James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect; contractor Mark P. Wells of Philadelphia; Victor A. DeProsse, superintendent of construction","architectural_style":"Neoclassical, with Italian Renaissance-inspired embellishment","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; exterior changes are few, while the lobby was altered in 1974. The building is occupied and in postal use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.875334-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002427.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002427/12928dc029-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002427/12928dc029-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saratoga_Springs,_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:Saratoga_Springs,_NY,_post_office.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79001627","name":"Broadway Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/broadway-historic-district-79001627/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314530","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Saratoga_Springs,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2466420"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/us-post-office-saratoga-springs-88002427/"}