{"nrhp_refnum":"88002452","name":"US Post Office-Angola","other_names":["Angola Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"80 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Angola","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.63979934400004,"lon":-79.02797394999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, red brick Colonial Revival post office at 80 North Main Street in the village of Angola, Erie County, New York, built in 1938-9 to a design from the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","why_significant":"It is an intact, representative example of federal public works architecture from the Great Depression, built to a standardized Colonial Revival pattern associated with Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon. It is also artistically significant for a well-preserved cast-stone relief sculpture by Leopold F. Scholz, made in 1940 for the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Angola's post office, at 80 North Main Street, is a one-story, five-bay building of steel frame construction faced in red brick laid in Flemish bond. It was built in 1938-9 as the village's first federal building, replacing a two-story residence and outbuildings. Samuel Plato won the construction contract on a $70,000 funding level set by Congress. The design came from the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury under Louis A. Simon and follows a standard Colonial Revival pattern used for several New York post offices in the 1930s. Its hipped copper roof, multi-paned windows, and classically inspired entrance with pilasters and a transom reflect that style. Inside, the lobby keeps its terrazzo floors, marble wainscoting and wood trim. Above the postmaster's office door is a cast-stone relief, \"A Pioneer Woman's Bravery,\" made by Leopold F. Scholz in 1940 for the Treasury's Section of Fine Arts. The building's intact design and artwork account for its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; Samuel Plato (construction contract)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained, in good condition, and retaining a high degree of integrity inside and out; the lobby remains largely original.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.858701-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002452.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002452/ceb24eba5e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002452/ceb24eba5e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_Angola_NY_Jan_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_Angola_NY_Jan_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312773","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Angola,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890903"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/us-post-office-angola-88002452/"}