- City:
- Kingston, NY
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1938
- Contractor:
- Albert & Harrison Inc.
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
Kingston, New York’s 1907 post office, located at the northeast corner of Broadway and Grand Street, was enlarged and remodeled using Treasury Department funds in a project completed in 1938.
The local paper Daily Freeman reported in 2013:
“It was a beautiful granite post office built there in 1907,” but it eventually got to be too small for the community’s needs, Ford said. A former mayor could have purchased the old building for $1 and preserved it, the historian said, but he wanted the property back on the tax rolls, so the building was sold and torn down.
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 61; Kingston folder. https://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20130210/kingston-historic-buildings-havent-always-stood-test-of-timeSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 17, 2014.
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