{"nrhp_refnum":"88002475","name":"US Post Office-Cortland","other_names":["Cortland Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"88 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cortland","county":"Cortland County","state":"NY","lat":42.59828352000005,"lon":-76.18053531199996,"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 limestone-clad post office at 88 Main Street, Cortland, New York, built in 1913-15 to a design credited to Oscar Wenderoth and extended in 1940-41. It lies within the Tompkins Street/Main Street Historic District.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding example of a Neoclassical public building in New York State, reflecting the Treasury Department's early twentieth-century policy of individualized designs and fine materials. The 1940-41 extension nearly duplicated the original and is virtually indistinguishable from it. The lobby also holds a painted wood relief by Ryah Ludins, one of the last works commissioned by the Treasury's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Located at 88 Main Street in Cortland, this post office is a one-story limestone building with a raised granite foundation, a denticulated cornice and a paneled parapet. The southern five bays were built in 1913-15 to a design credited to Oscar Wenderoth, who served briefly as Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. In 1940-41 seven bays and an identical three-bay entrance pavilion were added, producing an eleven-bay facade that looks unified. Inside, a monumental marble lobby was remodeled during that expansion. Its south end carries a painted wood relief, \"Valley of the Seven Hills,\" made by Ryah Ludins in 1942-43 for the Treasury's Section of Fine Arts. The building is valued as a refined Neoclassical example that predates the plainer classicism of later federal post offices, and it complements the public and institutional buildings around it in the Tompkins Street/Main Street Historic District. Few New York post offices received such a large extension.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1913-5; 1940-1; 1942-3)","architect_builder":"Oscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Neoclassical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, and owned by the public (United States Postal Service). The screenline was recently altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.976024-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002475.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002475/3d1190f242-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002475/3d1190f242-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UNITED_STATES_POST_OFFICE_CORTLAND,_CORTLAND_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:UNITED_STATES_POST_OFFICE_CORTLAND,_CORTLAND_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312443","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Cortland,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890933"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cortland-county/us-post-office-cortland-88002475/"}