{"nrhp_refnum":"88002432","name":"US Post Office-Spring Valley","other_names":["Spring Valley Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7 N. Madison Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Spring Valley","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.11302867400008,"lon":-74.04580492299993,"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, five-bay, steel-frame brick post office at 7 North Madison Avenue in the village of Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York, built in 1936-7 to a Treasury Department design under Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon.","why_significant":"It is an intact example of federal public-works architecture from the Great Depression, built in a restrained Colonial Revival style that stresses Greek Revival precedents such as brick pilasters and a shallow pediment. It also contains a well-preserved 1938 mural by Stephen Etnier, commissioned by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. It is one of about eighty New York post offices reflecting Simon's standardized designs.","narrative":"Spring Valley's post office, at 7 North Madison Avenue, is a one-story brick building completed in 1937 during the Great Depression. Authorized by Congress in 1931 and funded with an $85,000 appropriation, it was built by Chester Construction Company to a standardized design from the office of Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon. Its steel frame is clad in red brick, with a three-bay central pavilion, recessed side wings, a round-arched entrance, brick pilasters with stone capitals and a shallow pediment meant to suggest a Greek temple. The building is a modest Colonial Revival example, typical of many New York post offices of the period. Inside, the lobby has been altered, but it keeps terrazzo floors, marble wainscoting and a 1938 mural by Stephen Etnier titled \"Waiting for the Mail.\" The mural shows an airplane wing, a man leaning on a fence and a ship's bow. The building is valued for its intact exterior and this artwork.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1936-7; 1938)","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; built by Chester Construction Company","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, emphasizing Greek Revival precedents","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained, in good to excellent condition and retaining high exterior integrity; the lobby has been altered and extended. It is government-owned and occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.224532-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002432.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002432/23ec8b0268-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002432/23ec8b0268-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spring_Valley,_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:Spring_Valley,_NY,_post_office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314506","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Spring_Valley,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891047"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/us-post-office-spring-valley-88002432/"}