{"nrhp_refnum":"88002524","name":"US Post Office-Harrison","other_names":["Harrison Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"258 Halstead Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harrison","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.96864859800007,"lon":-73.71381412599999,"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 stone post office at 258 Halstead Avenue in the commercial center of Harrison, Westchester County, New York, built in 1938-9 to a standard Treasury Department design by Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon.","why_significant":"It is an intact example of federal public works architecture from the Great Depression, designed in simplified Colonial Revival style. It is the only stone-faced example among thirteen nearly identical New York State post offices of this design. Its lobby also holds a well-preserved 1941 mural, \"Early Days of the Automobile,\" by Harold Goodwin, commissioned through the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Harrison's post office, at 258 Halstead Avenue, is a symmetrical one-story building faced in random stone ashlar, completed in 1938-9. It follows a standard design by Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the Treasury, that was used for thirteen nearly identical post offices in New York State. Harrison's is the only one built of stone instead of brick, a change arranged after the donor of the site, H.S. Auguste, saved part of the $80,000 appropriation and urged the use of native stone. The entrance has fluted Doric columns and a blind fanlight with an eagle, and a slate gable roof carries a cupola. Inside, the lobby has marble, plaster and terrazzo finishes. Above the postmaster's office door hangs a 1941 mural by Harold Goodwin, \"Early Days of the Automobile,\" painted for a commuter suburb. The building is valued as a well-preserved Depression-era federal work in Colonial Revival style.","period_of_significance":"1938-9; 1941","architect_builder":"Treasury Department; Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; Sofarelli Bros. of Jamaica, New York (general contractors)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as retaining its exterior and interior integrity despite some recent alterations such as aluminum windows and replaced door; the form marks it as occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.301142-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002524.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002524/0e484e1b65-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002524/0e484e1b65-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_Harrison_NY_Jul_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:U.S._Post_Office_Harrison_NY_Jul_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315471","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Harrison,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890965"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/us-post-office-harrison-88002524/"}