- City:
- Cortland, NY
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Federal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1941
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The historic post office building in Cortland, New York “was built in 1913-1915 and enlarged in 1940-1941.” The extension was funded by the federal Treasury Department, a New Deal project, and the post office bears a rare cornerstone documenting the original date of construction as well as the date of the addition.
The building “is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Oscar Wenderoth. It is a one story building with a brick foundation clad in granite with facades clad in coursed ashlar limestone in the Neoclassical style.”
Source notes
Cornerstone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_%28Cortland,_New_York%29
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 9, 2022.
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