{"nrhp_refnum":"88002510","name":"US Post Office-Fort Plain","other_names":["Fort Plain Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"41 River St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Plain","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":42.93173420100004,"lon":-74.62263056899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and limestone post office with a large one-story rear wing at 41 River Street in the Mohawk Valley village of Fort Plain, Montgomery County, New York. It was designed and built in 1931-2.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact, representative example of early twentieth-century federal architecture in New York State and a distinctive small-scale public building in the Colonial Revival style. It is noted for its limestone ornament, including entrance niches and carved panels, and for its largely intact marble interior. It also reflects the standardized post office designs of the Acting Supervising Architect's tenure under James A. Wetmore.","narrative":"Located at 41 River Street in the Mohawk Valley village of Fort Plain, this two-story brick post office with a large one-story rear wing was designed in 1930 and built in 1931-2 by Rosen and Fischel of Chicago. It was authorized under the Public Building Omnibus Act of 1913, though design work began only after several renewals of funding. The design came from the Treasury Department's office under Acting Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore. Its Colonial Revival character shows in a pedimented central pavilion with Corinthian pilasters, limestone niches beside the entrance, carved limestone panels and multi-paned windows. Inside, the lobby has marble wainscoting, fluted marble pilasters, a terrazzo floor and a round skylight. The building was listed as an intact example of standardized federal post office design from the early twentieth century, and it is nearly identical to the post office in Dunkirk but more richly decorated.","period_of_significance":"1931","architect_builder":"James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect; constructed by Rosen and Fischel of Chicago","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as occupied and retaining integrity on the exterior and interior; the interior is virtually intact with its original furnishings, though the entrance doors and transom have been replaced.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.510593-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002510.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002510/16aa036c28-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002510/16aa036c28-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Fort_Plain_NY_Apr_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Fort_Plain_NY_Apr_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313700","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Fort_Plain,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890951"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/us-post-office-fort-plain-88002510/"}