US Post Office-Ticonderoga
Also known as: Ticonderoga Post Office
Why it's listed
Ticonderoga's post office, at 123 Champlain Avenue on the edge of the village business district, was built in 1936-7 from a Treasury Department design by Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon. It is a symmetrical one-story brick building with a stone watertable, a slate gable roof, a square cupola and a wooden denticulated cornice. The central entrance has fluted Doric columns and a blind fanlight set with a cast aluminum eagle. Inside, the L-shaped lobby retains green marble, terrazzo flooring and a nearly intact screenline. The design was used for thirteen nearly identical post offices across New York State, the largest related group in the state, and reflects the standardization and Colonial Revival style typical of federal buildings of the 1920s and 1930s. The lobby also contains Frederick Massa's 1940 mural, The Exhortation of Ethan Allen, showing Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys after the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775.
Significance in brief: It is an intact example of federal Colonial Revival post office architecture built under Depression-era public works programs. Its standardized design was the most popular in New York State, used for thirteen nearly identical buildings. It also holds a well-preserved 1940 mural by Frederick Massa, commissioned through the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts, showing a local Revolutionary War scene.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 88002436, listed May 11, 1989. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 123 Champlain Ave., Ticonderoga |
|---|---|
| County | Essex County |
| Listed | May 11, 1989 |
| Reference number | 88002436 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1936-7; 1940 |
| Architect / builder | Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect, Treasury Department |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| Areas of significance | Art, Politics/Government, Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 43.84759, -73.42346 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 88002436.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7891054
- This listing as JSON
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