Fairport, NY post office
Completed: 1937
Contractors: Samuel Plato
Site Survival: No Longer Extant
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Description
The historic post office building in Fairport, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1938, housed a example of New Deal artwork inside. Living New Deal believes the facility to have been located at S. Main St. and Church St., and that the building has been demolished.
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 60.
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 24, 2015.
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This building has not been demolished. It is located at 121 S. Main St. and is currently vacant. It was most recently a paint store. The building is hardly recognizable from the original picture, however, as a large addition and a front porch were added at some point.