{"nrhp_refnum":"88002467","name":"US Post Office-Canastota","other_names":["Canastota Post Office","See Also:South Peterboro Street Commer"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"118 S. Peterboro St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canastota","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":43.07855918200005,"lon":-75.75091713799998,"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, three-bay red brick post office at 118 South Peterboro Street in Canastota, Madison County, New York, built in 1940-41 to a design from the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","why_significant":"It is an intact example of the small federal buildings erected during the Great Depression, in a simplified Colonial Revival style. Its asymmetrical three-bay design is unusual among New York post offices, which were mostly five-bay and symmetrical. It also holds a 1942 Section of Fine Arts mural, \"The Onion Fields,\" by Alison Mason Kingsbury.","narrative":"Canastota's post office, at 118 South Peterboro Street, is a small red brick building put up in 1940-41 under a federal public works program of the Depression era. Congress authorized it in 1931, but construction did not begin for nearly a decade. The design came from the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury under Louis A. Simon and follows a simplified Colonial Revival approach, with a gable roof, a wooden cupola, multi-pane windows and broad cast-stone surrounds. Its three-bay asymmetrical front with a side entrance sets it apart from the more common five-bay symmetrical post offices in New York State, and it resembles those in Clyde and Honeoye Falls. Inside, the lobby keeps terrazzo floors, marble wainscoting and woodwork. Above the entrance is a 1942 mural, \"The Onion Fields,\" by Alison Mason Kingsbury, painted for the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts and showing a local farm scene. The building remains well preserved.","period_of_significance":"1940-1; 1942","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; Guisseppe A. Nigro awarded the construction contract","architectural_style":"Simplified Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, well maintained and retaining a high degree of integrity inside and out; still used as a post office with a lobby, postmaster's office and workroom.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.004772-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002467.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313509","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Canastota,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890920"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/us-post-office-canastota-88002467/"}