- City:
- Mount Vernon, NY
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Federal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
- Completed:
- 1937
- Contractor:
- Arc Engineering Corp.
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The historic (and current) main post office in Mount Vernon, New York was originally constructed in 1915. The building received an extension as part of a New Deal project completed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. Work was overseen by contractor Arc Engineering Corp. and consisted of constructing the extension as well as remodeling of the building.
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 121-BS: Records of the Public Buildings Service: Completion views of federal buildings (prints) alphabetically by state and thereunder by city, to 1966; Box 62.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_%28Little_Falls,_New_York%29
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 25, 2015.
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