US Post Office Goshen
The US Post Office Goshen is the local branch of the United States Postal Service and serves the Town of Goshen in Orange County of New York , United States. It has the zip code 10924 and is located on Grand Street in the center of the Village of Goshen . The building is a brick building in the Colonial Revival , which was completed in 1936.
The building was designed by EP Valkenburgh and is smaller than most of the other post offices built in the state in the style of the Colonial Revival during the New Deal . The multitude of ornaments is also unusual for such a small post office. In the front lobby of the building is a mural depicting the Historic Track , a major landmark in Goshen. Georgina Klitgaard's work was controversial at the time the post office was completed. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1989 .
building
The building is one and a half storey steel-framed -building that on the longer side five and on the short side three yokes and having most of the land fills on the north side of Grand Street in the section between Canal Street and Main Street. The facade is laid out in blocks . The foundation is designed with the exception of stone carvings at the entrance with moldings.
An entrance pavilion that extends over three bays and only protrudes slightly is surrounded by pilasters . These carry a simple column beam and a finely serrated gable triangle with a cast-iron eagle and underneath the bronze inscription "UNITED STATES POST OFFICE GOSHEN NEW YORK" on the tympanum . It is flanked by two windows with cast iron frames and lanterns made of the same material. The front windows are slightly arched and framed with bricks. The steep gable roof is slated and on the ridge sits an octagonal dome with ventilation slots, a copper roof and a weather vane . There is an ornamental cornice under the eaves .
Inside, the vestibule has been preserved in the original wooden structure. The vestibule leads to the lobby, which has a terrazzo floor . The walls are covered with vertical wooden paneling on which decorative moldings sit. They reach up to the vaulted ceiling made of tiered wooden panels.
The original lighting has been replaced by fluorescent lamps , otherwise the customer service counters and cash desks are intact, with the exception that one counter has been replaced with bronze mailboxes . Klitgaard's 1.7 × 3.4 m mural "The Running of the Hambletonian Stake " depicts a harness racing race on the nearby racetrack and is located on the eastern wall.
aesthetics
The building is smaller, than most of the small post offices in the style of Colonial Revival in the time of global economic crisis originated in New York. The design used in Goshen was apparently not used anywhere else in the state; it differs from the designs for Suffern , Waverly or Catskill , which were built in the Hudson Valley at the same time .
However, the structure shares some features with other post offices in this style, such as the post offices in Dobbs Ferry and Hudson Falls , which also have steep gable roofs, gable ends with ornaments and classical-inspired entrances.
history
Goshen's first post office opened shortly after independence . Over the years it has operated in different buildings in the Village. The current structure was one of the many post offices decided to build by the United States Congress in a 1931 amendment to the Public Buildings Act of 1926, when the scope of the original program was expanded to address the growing unemployment caused by the Great Depression. The funds for the construction were only approved in 1934. $ 85,000 (1934) was approved for construction.
The chosen site was next to what was then the Erie Railroad station - today's police station. The site was vacant after the Elmo Hotel located there burned down in 1920. In November 1934 it was expropriated by the Treasury Department , to which the US Post Office was a part at the time . Samuel Plato was commissioned to build the new post office; the construction was completed in early 1936.
Klitgaard's mural was not added until the following year. Post office murals were supposed to focus on local history and contemporary life, but the Treasury Department's art department opposed the artist's intention to depict the racetrack because trotting was considered an inappropriate subject for public art and instructed her to create a paint local landscape . However, local residents continued to strongly support the artist's intention, and eventually the ministry agreed.
Since its completion, the building has been slightly changed several times, mainly in the rear area of the building interior. In 1978 a ramp for wheelchair users was added to the front.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Larry Gobrecht: National Register of Historic Places nomination, US Post Office - Goshen ( English ) New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . December 1986. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
Coordinates: 41 ° 24 ′ 7 " N , 74 ° 19 ′ 33" W.