{"nrhp_refnum":"88002454","name":"US Post Office-Bath","other_names":["Bath Post Office","See Also:Liberty Street Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 Liberty St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bath","county":"Steuben County","state":"NY","lat":42.33568246100003,"lon":-77.31855835299996,"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 two-story brick and limestone post office at 101 Liberty Street in Bath, Steuben County, New York, built in 1931-32 and designed during James A. Wetmore's tenure as Acting Supervising Architect of the Treasury. It was built by J. P. Foley of Boston.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinguished example of a Colonial Revival public building in New York State, with well-executed limestone and brick detailing. Its two-story form and limestone portico set it apart from the more standardized 1930s post office designs, since porticos were rare in that decade. It also reflects the Depression-era federal public building program that funded it in 1931 after authorization in 1913.","narrative":"Bath's post office, at 101 Liberty Street, is a two-story brick building on a high limestone base, with a one-story workroom wing at the rear. Built in 1931-32, it has a limestone portico with four Corinthian columns, a pedimented entrance and a modillioned cornice. Authorized in 1913 but not funded until 1931, it was among the buildings Congress approved to ease Depression unemployment. Its design came from the office of Acting Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore, a Bath native, and J. P. Foley of Boston built it. Most 1930s post offices were simpler, and few had porticos because of cost limits. Inside, the lobby has birch wainscotting, fluted plaster pilasters, large arched openings above the teller windows and a terrazzo floor with a marble border. The building is valued as a well-preserved, sophisticated Colonial Revival example within Bath's Liberty Street Historic District.","period_of_significance":"1931-2","architect_builder":"James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect (designer); J. P. Foley of Boston (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition, with a high degree of integrity on the exterior and interior; owned by the U.S. Postal Service and used as a government building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.909638-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002454.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002454/5b819d6bac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002454/5b819d6bac-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Bath_Oct_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Bath_Oct_09.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83001800","name":"Liberty Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/liberty-street-historic-district-83001800/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314723","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Bath,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890909"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/steuben-county/us-post-office-bath-88002454/"}