- 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.
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