{"nrhp_refnum":"88002453","name":"US Post Office-Attica","other_names":["Attica Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"76 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Attica","county":"Wyoming County","state":"NY","lat":42.863785164000035,"lon":-78.28052085399997,"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 brick post office at 76 Main Street on the edge of the central business district of Attica, Wyoming County, New York, built in 1936-37 to a standard Treasury Department design by the firm of Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon.","why_significant":"It is an intact example of federal Depression-era public works architecture in the Colonial Revival style. Its design was the most popular in New York State, used for thirteen nearly identical post offices. It also holds a well-preserved 1938 Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural by Thomas Donnelly showing a local farm scene.","narrative":"Built in 1936-37 at 76 Main Street in Attica, this one-story brick post office reflects the federal building programs of the Great Depression. Designed under Treasury Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon and built by the Weinstein Construction Company of Philadelphia, it follows a standard pattern used for thirteen nearly identical post offices across New York State. Its Colonial Revival design includes a stone watertable, twelve-over-twelve windows, a denticulated wooden cornice, and a central entrance framed by fluted Doric columns and a blind fanlight with a cast aluminum eagle. The original cupola has been removed. Inside, the lobby is modest, with tile, plaster and wood detailing. It also holds a 1938 mural, Fall in the Genesee Country, painted by Thomas Donnelly under the Treasury's Section of Fine Arts, depicting a contemporary farm landscape. The building was listed for its architectural value as a well-preserved example of its type and for the artistic quality of its mural.","period_of_significance":"1936-7; 1938","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the Treasury (designer); Weinstein Construction Company of Philadelphia (builder); mural by Thomas Donnelly","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, and government-owned; the form says it retains a high degree of integrity inside and out, though the original cupola has been removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.166168-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002453.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002453/cfd1a93b55-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002453/cfd1a93b55-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Attica_NY_Jul_11.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Attica_NY_Jul_11.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315507","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Attica,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890907"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/wyoming-county/us-post-office-attica-88002453/"}