{"nrhp_refnum":"88002523","name":"US Post Office-Geneva","other_names":["Geneva Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"67 Castle St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Geneva","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.86749410200008,"lon":-76.98495143499997,"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 brick and limestone post office at 67 Castle Street in the civic center of Geneva, Ontario County, New York, built in 1905-6 to designs by James Knox Taylor, with a rear addition of 1938.","why_significant":"It is described as the first post office in New York State designed in the Colonial Revival style and one of the most sophisticated examples of that style in the state. It was designed by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and retains a high degree of exterior and interior integrity. It also holds Depression-era art: five exterior relief panels by Theodore V. Barbarossa and a lobby mural by Peter Blume.","narrative":"Geneva's post office at 67 Castle Street is a one-story building of Flemish bond red brick trimmed in limestone, begun in 1905 and opened in 1906. James Knox Taylor, then Supervising Architect of the Treasury, designed it, and it is described as the first post office in New York State in the Colonial Revival style. A limestone portico with four Doric columns dominates the front, and round-arched, multi-paned windows run along the facades. A rear addition of 1938, supervised by Louis A. Simon, matches the original in materials. Inside, the L-shaped lobby keeps its Doric pilasters, marble and terrazzo detail, original screenline and furnishings. The building also carries Depression-era public art: five relief panels on the front by Theodore V. Barbarossa and assistants, and the mural \"Vineyard\" by Peter Blume, installed in 1942, which refers to the region's wine production. Its design quality, high integrity and artwork underpin its listing.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"James Knox Taylor; Louis A. Simon (1938 addition); General Supply and Construction Company (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The form states the building retains its integrity to a very high degree on both exterior and interior; the status is marked occupied and the present use is government.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.935548-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002523.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002523/9b2a34ca9a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002523/9b2a34ca9a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Jimmy Emerson from Dalton GA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_Geneva_NY_Jul_08.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimmy Emerson from Dalton GA</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:U.S._Post_Office_Geneva_NY_Jul_08.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000225","name":"Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/geneva-downtown-commercial-historic-district-14000225/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314115","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Geneva,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890957"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/us-post-office-geneva-88002523/"}