{"nrhp_refnum":"88002515","name":"US Post Office-Fredonia","other_names":["Fredonia Post Office","See Also:Fredonia Commons Historic Dist"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"21 Day St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fredonia","county":"Chautauqua County","state":"NY","lat":42.441151484000045,"lon":-79.33227995199996,"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 brick post office at 21 Day Street in the village of Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, built in 1935-36 to designs of the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon. It is a contributing building in the Fredonia Commons Historic District.","why_significant":"It is an intact example of the federal public-works architecture of the Great Depression, built in a simplified Colonial Revival style. Its massing, with a gabled three-bay center and recessed end bays, suggests a small Georgian pavilion with wings, which makes it an unusual post office design in New York State. It also contains a 1937 mural, The Harvest, by Arnold Blanch, painted for the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Fredonia's post office at 21 Day Street is a one-story brick building completed in January 1936 after Congress authorized it in 1931 as part of Depression-era public works. Samuel Plato built it for $39,750 on the site of an early settler's frame home. The design came from the Treasury Department's Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon and uses simplified Colonial Revival forms, including multi-paned sash, a gabled roof and a broken-arched pediment over the entrance. A projecting three-bay center and recessed end bays give the impression of a small Georgian pavilion with wings, which makes it one of the more unusual post office designs in the state. Inside, the lobby keeps its ceramic tile floors and wainscoting, metal grilles and screenline. A 1937 mural by Arnold Blanch, The Harvest, shows a local apple harvest. It was commissioned through the Treasury's Section of Fine Arts. The building is a contributing part of the Fredonia Commons Historic District.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1935-6; 1937)","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; contractor Samuel Plato","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, and in government use; the building is described as well maintained and retaining a high degree of integrity inside and out.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.272416-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002515.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002515/b5b8901827-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002515/b5b8901827-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office%E2%80%94Fredonia_NY_Nov_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office%E2%80%94Fredonia_NY_Nov_10.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"78001843","name":"Fredonia Commons Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/fredonia-commons-historic-district-78001843/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312261","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Fredonia,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890954"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chautauqua-county/us-post-office-fredonia-88002515/"}