Celebrating our Nation's Post Offices
ADDRESS: 2 Main St., Le Roy, New York 14482
Some classics include the Downtown Post Office in Le Roy from 1938 which is a Nationally Registered Landmark.
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ADDRESS: 56 Hamburg Turnpike, Riverdale, NJ 07457
Ramsey’s and Riverdale’s post offices opened in 1962.
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ADDRESS: 1560 NY-332, Farmington, New York 14425
Farmington’s post office is in a shopping center.
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ADDRESS: 538 Newark Pompton Turnpike Ste 1, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
These cover Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, and Sussex Counties from my trip within the last ten days.
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ADDRESS: 4 E Medcalf St, Dale, IN 47523
So this is what a modern day cornerstone looks like. This is the first time I’ve seen the date on a building in stone and brick.
Interesting,
David W. Gates
ADDRESS: 405 Eastern Boulevard, Canandaigua, New York 14424
The old one in Canandaigua opened in 1910 and expanded in 1938. Its last year as a post office was 1991.
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ADDRESS: 1265 N Main St, Franklin, IN 46131
ARTIST: Jean Swiggett
TITLE: Local Industry
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The current Franklin, Indiana post offices houses the mural by Jean Swigett. The mural was originally installed in the former post offices on Madison St. The mural resides on a wall in the lobby of this building.
YEAR: 1936
As I write this article, I’m wondering why I never visited this one, the first time I was in Franklin. I do believe it must have been a late night and I was ready to get home.
I’m grateful to have been able to visit recently and photograph the mural. I also found it interesting they kept the postmaster mantle that was over the door. It appears some though was given during the mural re-location.
David W. Gates Jr.
ADDRESS: 47 Lakeside Ave., Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 07442
ARTIST: A. Stirling Calder
TITLE: Benjamin Franklin
MEDIUM: Stone (relief)
STATUS: The Pompton Lakes post office is still an active, operating facility, and the relief can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1937
ADDRESS: 405 Eastern Blvd., Canandaigua, New York 14424
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ADDRESS: 501 N Main St, Winslow, IN 47598
Another Indiana road trip. Late in the day. Dedication plaque.
David W. Gates Jr.