{"nrhp_refnum":"88002484","name":"US Post Office-Dobbs Ferry","other_names":["Dobbs Ferry Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dobbs Ferry","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.01527904300008,"lon":-73.87453080399996,"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, five-bay, red brick post office on Main Street at the corner of Oak Street in the village of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York, built in 1935-36 under the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact representative example of federal Depression-era public works architecture in the Colonial Revival style. Its fine detailing, including a copper-clad gable roof with end parapets, molded wood window enframements and a double stairway, sets it apart from more restrained New York post offices. It is one of eighty New York post offices of the 1930s and early 1940s reflecting the design direction of Louis A. Simon.","narrative":"Dobbs Ferry's post office is a one-story, five-bay brick building on Main Street at Oak Street, completed in 1936. Authorized by Congress in 1931 as part of a Depression-era public buildings program, it was built after the site, which held a residence and a store, was bought in 1934. Construction began in 1935 under a $95,000 appropriation, with the Summit Construction Company as contractor. The design came from the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury under Louis A. Simon. Colonial Revival details define it: a central arched doorway with fanlight, twelve-over-twelve windows with splayed brick lintels and keystones, and a copper-clad gable roof with end parapets. Inside, an L-shaped lobby has a paneled wood dado, quarry tile floor, coved plaster ceiling and original iron screenline grilles. The building was listed because it is a well-preserved example of 1930s federal architecture, comparable to the post offices in Hudson Falls and Granville but more finely detailed than most in the state.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1935-6)","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; Summit Construction Company (construction contract)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, well maintained, and retaining most of its original integrity; still serves as a post office, with some alterations such as replaced railings, modern aluminum doors and lighting.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.236692-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002484.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002484/41d6e4cbc0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002484/41d6e4cbc0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dobbs_Ferry,_NY,_post_office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dobbs_Ferry,_NY,_post_office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315483","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Dobbs_Ferry,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2466355"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/us-post-office-dobbs-ferry-88002484/"}