{"nrhp_refnum":"88002502","name":"US Post Office-Homer","other_names":["Homer Post Office","See Also:Old Homer Village Historic Distri"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Homer","county":"Cortland County","state":"NY","lat":42.64566709700006,"lon":-76.17911313199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, steel-frame, red brick post office at 2 South Main Street in the village of Homer, Cortland County, New York, built in 1937-8 to a Treasury Department design.","why_significant":"It is an intact example of Depression-era federal public works architecture in a simplified Colonial Revival style, reflecting the standardized post office designs produced under Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon. It also holds a well-preserved 1940 mural by Frank Romanelli, painted under the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of South Main and James Streets in Homer, New York, this post office is a one-story, five-bay building of steel frame construction clad in variegated red brick laid in Flemish bond. A hip roof topped by a wooden cupola, a segmentally arched entrance with a fanlight, and eight-over-twelve wood windows give it a restrained Colonial Revival look. Construction ran from 1937 to 1938 under a contract won by Samuel Plato, after three commercial buildings were cleared from the site. The design came from the office of Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon and closely resembles several other small post offices in the state, though its segmental arches and stone string course set it apart. Inside, the lobby keeps much of its tile and dark-stained woodwork, and a 1940 mural by Frank Romanelli, showing the Albany Street Bridge over the Tioughnioga River, hangs above the postmaster's door. The building is also part of the Old Homer Village Historic District.","period_of_significance":"1937-8; 1940","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; Samuel Plato won the construction contract","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as occupied, in good condition, well maintained, and retaining a high degree of exterior and interior integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.280013-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002502.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002502/e17b59cb86-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002502/e17b59cb86-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Billy Hathorn (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homer,_NY,_Post_Office_IMG_1502.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Hathorn (talk)</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:Homer,_NY,_Post_Office_IMG_1502.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312441","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Homer,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890969"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cortland-county/us-post-office-homer-88002502/"}