{"nrhp_refnum":"88002428","name":"US Post Office-Scarsdale","other_names":["Scarsdale Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Chase Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scarsdale","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.98962594400007,"lon":-73.77058887599998,"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 post office on Chase Road in the commercial center of Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York. It was designed in 1931 by Leonard Schultze of Schultze & Weaver and built in 1937-38.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a distinguished example of a restrained Neoclassical public building in New York State, notable for its arrangement of three volumes of different size and its refined classical detailing. It is also significant for two 1940 murals by Gordon Samstag, commissioned under the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. The building was part of the federal public buildings program during the Great Depression.","narrative":"Scarsdale's post office sits on Chase Road in the village's commercial center, built in 1937-38 from a design Leonard Schultze of Schultze & Weaver prepared in 1931. It was authorized under the Public Buildings Act as part of federal Depression-era construction meant to ease unemployment. The red brick building with limestone trim combines a two-story central block, one-story side wings and a taller rear workroom, joined by polygonal stair towers. A recessed entrance portico with slender Doric columns is flanked by carved roundels showing train, plane and ship traffic. Inside, the lobby has green marble wainscoting and a terrazzo floor. Two murals painted in 1940 by Gordon Samstag, \"Caleb Heathcote Buys the Richbell Farm\" and \"Law and Order in Old Scarsdale,\" show romanticized scenes of Colonial life. The building is valued as a refined example of restrained classical design, a minor work of its architectural firm, and a well-preserved local landmark. Construction cost $102,220, and the post office moved in during October 1938.","period_of_significance":"1937-8; 1940","architect_builder":"Schultze & Weaver (Leonard Schultze); built by Beruson Construction Company of New York City","architectural_style":"Restrained Neoclassical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; described as well maintained, with a high degree of integrity on the exterior and interior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.814984-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002428.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002428/6a74b13d8d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002428/6a74b13d8d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Self made photo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScarsdalePostOffice.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Self made photo</a>, <a href=\"http://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:ScarsdalePostOffice.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315475","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Scarsdale,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891044"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/us-post-office-scarsdale-88002428/"}