US Post Office-Larchmont
Also known as: Larchmont Post Office
Why it's listed
Larchmont's post office, at 1 Chatsworth Avenue, is a symmetrical, seven-bay, one-story building completed in April 1938. Its red brick facade has limestone trim and a limestone portico with four Doric piers beneath an entablature inscribed "United States Post Office." William Dewey Foster, a private architect hired as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, designed it, and Structural Engineering Company of New York City built it. The building reflects the Colonial Revival taste then favored for federal buildings, drawing on Federal, Georgian and Greek Revival forms. Most 1930s post offices of this kind had no portico because of cost limits, so this feature sets it apart; only seven other post offices built in New York State after 1930 have one. Inside, the lobby keeps its red granite wainscot, terrazzo floor, plaster ceiling rosettes, wood screenline, oak customer tables and bronze bulletin cases. It was one of thirteen post offices built in Westchester County during the New Deal.
Significance in brief: It is an intact, representative example of federal public-works architecture from the Great Depression. It shows the simplified Colonial Revival design typical of 1930s post offices. Its limestone portico is a rare feature for post offices of that decade, and it is one of ten post offices Foster designed in the New York area.
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 88002341, listed May 11, 1989. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 1 Chatsworth Ave., Larchmont |
|---|---|
| County | Westchester County |
| Listed | May 11, 1989 |
| Reference number | 88002341 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1937-8 |
| Architect / builder | William Dewey Foster, Consulting Architect; built by Structural Engineering Company of New York City |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| Areas of significance | Politics/Government, Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Listed as occupied and in use as a post office; the exterior and interior retain a high degree of integrity, with the original lobby largely intact. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 40.92996, -73.75103 (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 88002341.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q14707564
- This listing as JSON
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