{"nrhp_refnum":"88002446","name":"US Post Office-Westhampton Beach","other_names":["Westhampton Beach Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Westhampton Beach","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.81026637600007,"lon":-72.64074461599995,"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, steel-frame, red brick post office on Main Street at Beach Road in the village of Westhampton Beach, Suffolk County, New York, built in 1940-41 to designs from the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon.","why_significant":"It is an intact example of federal Depression-era post office architecture, designed in an austere Colonial Revival style with Art Deco and Moderne influences. Some details, such as the header-course brickwork and diamond-paned sash, are unique among New York State post offices of the period. It also contains a 1942 mural, \"Outdoor Sports,\" by Sol Wilson, painted under the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Main Street and Beach Road, at the eastern edge of the village's commercial area, this post office was built in 1940-41 as part of the federal public works program of the Great Depression. The one-story steel-frame building is faced in red brick and has a three-bay central pavilion with a copper-clad hip roof and cupola, flanked by two recessed wings. Its design is credited to the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon, and it resembles post offices in Lake George, Middleport and Frankfort. Distinctive touches include header-course brickwork and diamond-paned sash. Inside, an L-shaped lobby has terrazzo floors, marble wainscoting and oak paneling. Above the postmaster's office door hangs a 1942 mural by Sol Wilson, \"Outdoor Sports,\" showing tennis, golf and hunting along the ocean. The building is valued as a well-preserved example of simplified Colonial Revival federal architecture and for its Treasury-sponsored artwork.","period_of_significance":"1940-1; 1942","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; Mutual Construction Corporation (contractor)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (austere version with Art Deco and Moderne influences)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained, in good condition and retaining a high degree of integrity inside and out; the building is occupied and publicly owned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.157963-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002446.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002446/6518103556-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002446/6518103556-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westhampton_Beach_Post_Office.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</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:Westhampton_Beach_Post_Office.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314853","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Westhampton_Beach,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891064"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/us-post-office-westhampton-beach-88002446/"}