{"nrhp_refnum":"88002471","name":"US Post Office-Catskill","other_names":["Catskill Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"270 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Catskill","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.21573147400005,"lon":-73.86364256699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story red brick post office at 270 Main Street, Catskill, Greene County, New York, built in 1935-6 and designed by consulting architect E. P. Valkenburgh. A rear addition was built in 1966.","why_significant":"It is argued to be an intact representative example of federal architecture from the Depression-era public works programs. Its restrained Colonial Revival design is combined with modernist touches such as stylized piers, a flat roof with no cornice, and Art Deco terra-cotta ornament. It also illustrates the use of private consulting architects by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","narrative":"Catskill's post office at 270 Main Street is a one-story red brick building completed in 1935-6 as part of the federal public works programs of the Great Depression. Congress authorized it in 1931 among 136 new post offices and extensions planned for New York State, and four residences were cleared from the site before construction. Consulting architect E. P. Valkenburgh designed it within a framework set by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury. Its symmetrical seven-bay facade, multi-paned windows and brick walls reflect a simplified Colonial Revival style, while the stylized piers, flat roofline without a cornice and Art Deco terra-cotta panels show modernist influence. The original bronze railings, light standards, wooden entry doors and carved eagle remain, and the lobby keeps its ceramic tile wainscot. A 1966 rear addition and later interior changes are noted. The building sits within the East Side Historic District and is valued as a well-preserved small-town example of 1930s postal architecture in New York State.","period_of_significance":"1935-6","architect_builder":"E. P. Valkenburgh, Consulting Architect","architectural_style":"Restrained Colonial Revival with Art Deco/modernist influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and original site; occupied and in use as a post office. A 1966 rear addition is non-contributing, and the window sash and parts of the lobby have been altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.387033-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002471.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002471/d6d70feecd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002471/d6d70feecd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CatskillPO.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CatskillPO.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313082","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Catskill,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890923"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/us-post-office-catskill-88002471/"}