{"nrhp_refnum":"88002497","name":"US Post Office-Haverstraw","other_names":["Haverstraw Main Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"86 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Haverstraw","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.19624386100003,"lon":-73.96052300099996,"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 brick post office at 86 Main Street in the village of Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, designed in 1934 and built in 1935-1936 under the Treasury Department's Supervising Architect, Louis A. Simon.","why_significant":"It is argued to be a distinguished example of a Colonial Revival public building in New York State. Its limestone and terra-cotta ornament is unusual for a small mid-1930s post office. It was authorized in 1931 as part of the federal public buildings program during the Depression, and Postmaster General James A. Farley, raised near Haverstraw, may have influenced its design.","narrative":"Haverstraw's main post office, at 86 Main Street, is a one-story brick building laid in Flemish bond and trimmed with limestone and terra cotta. Designed in 1934 and built in 1935-1936, it was the work of Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. A three-bay entrance pavilion has round-arched openings, paired Corinthian pilasters and a doorway framed by a swan's-neck pediment. Inside, the vestibule keeps its original wood paneling and doors, and the lobby has a wood wainscot, plaster walls and a terrazzo floor. The building was authorized in 1931 as part of the federal public buildings program launched in response to Depression unemployment. Its ornament is more elaborate than that of most small post offices of the period, possibly because Postmaster General James A. Farley grew up near Haverstraw. The design is a small-scale version of the post office at Norwich. Later changes include replaced window sash, a relocated mailing platform and a rebuilt parapet.","period_of_significance":"1935-1936","architect_builder":"Treasury Department; Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in government use as a post office; the form notes recent alterations, including changed window sash, a moved mailing platform and a rebuilt parapet, but says significant integrity remains.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.846569-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002497.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002497/e05a93fb56-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002497/e05a93fb56-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haverstraw,_NY,_post_office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Haverstraw,_NY,_post_office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314528","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Haverstraw,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890966"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/us-post-office-haverstraw-88002497/"}