Post Office Addition – Canandaigua NY

City:
Canandaigua, NY

Site Type:
Federal Facilities, Post Offices

New Deal Agencies:
Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department

Completed:
1938

Designer:
Louis A. Simon

Description

The historic post office in Canandaigua, New York was built in 1910; an addition to the building was financed by the Treasury Department during the Great Depression. “In 1938 it was expanded with an additional story under the auspices of Louis Simon, Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department.” The building is now owned by the YMCA.

Source notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Canandaigua,_New_York) 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.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 24, 2015.

Location Info


32 N. Main St.
Canandaigua, NY 14424

Coordinates: 42.888503, -77.282462

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