Post Office (former) Addition – Ithaca NY

City:
Ithaca, NY

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, City and Town Halls, Post Offices

New Deal Agencies:
Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department

Completed:
1936

Contractor:
Fred R. Comb Co.

Description

The U.S. Treasury Department funded an addition to Ithaca, New York’s former main post office (now Ithaca’s Town Hall) during the mid-1930s. The project was completed in early 1936. Ithaca’s Downtown Station post office continues to occupy a corner of the old 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 61; Ithaca folder.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 17, 2014.

Location Info


215 N Tioga Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
Tompkins County

Coordinates: 42.441108, -76.496869

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