{"nrhp_refnum":"88002519","name":"US Post Office-Fulton","other_names":["Fulton Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"214 S. First St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fulton","county":"Oswego County","state":"NY","lat":43.317657189000045,"lon":-76.41450428999997,"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 two-story limestone post office at 214 South First Street in Fulton, Oswego County, New York, begun in 1912 and completed in 1915, with a one-story rear extension built 1936-38.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding example of early twentieth century classically inspired public architecture in New York State, with Greek-inspired Doric forms that make it unique among the state's post offices. It was begun under Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor. It also holds a well-preserved 1942 Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural by Caroline S. Rohland.","narrative":"Located near downtown Fulton on South First Street, this two-story post office presents a limestone front with a six-part Doric colonnade on a high stone base. The columns have pronounced entasis and carry a full entablature with triglyphs and bronze-rosette metopes, while a pediment bears the words United States Post Office. Construction began in 1912, apparently from a design by Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor, and finished in 1915. A compatible one-story rear extension by Louis A. Simon followed in 1936-38. Inside, marble wainscot, terrazzo flooring and plaster detail survive. A 1942 mural by Caroline S. Rohland, depicting Father LeMoyne on Pathfinder Island, was commissioned through the Treasury's Section of Fine Arts. The nomination describes the building as one of only two Greek Revival post offices in New York State from the early twentieth century, and as a lasting symbol of the federal presence in a small upstate city.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1912-15; 1935-36; 1942)","architect_builder":"Treasury Department; James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Greek Revival / classically inspired (Doric order)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked good; the form says the building retains a high degree of integrity on the exterior and interior. It is owned by the federal government and occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.323304-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002519.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002519/a8ad0e314e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002519/a8ad0e314e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Jimmy Emerson (jimmywayne)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Fulton_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimmy Emerson (jimmywayne)</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-Fulton_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314319","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Fulton,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890955"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oswego-county/us-post-office-fulton-88002519/"}