Main Post Office Addition – Mount Vernon NY

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.

Location Info


15 S. 1st Ave.
Mount Vernon, NY 10550

Coordinates: 40.911110, -73.833510

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