United States Post Office

New York, United States

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Located in Akron, Erie County, New York, this Colonial Revival post office was designed by Louis A. Simon of the Treasury Department's Office of the Supervising Architect and constructed between 1939 and 1940. Completed in December 1940 following a request from Congressman Alfred Beiter, the building is virtually identical to contemporary post offices at Scotia, Oxford, Middleburgh, and Horseheads. Its austere Classical vocabulary—marked by a stately entrance stairway and brass-trimmed doors—conveys the solidity expected of a government building. The interior is enriched by a 1941 mural by Elizabeth Logan depicting a horse-drawn railroad. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, it exemplifies the standardized yet dignified post office architecture commissioned during the late New Deal era.

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Colonial Revival architecture

Type: post office
Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place: New York, United States

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