United States Post Office (Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania)

United States Post Office-Punxsutawney

Former U.S. Post Office, April 2012
Location 201 N. Findley St., Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°56′41″N 78°58′20″W / 40.94472°N 78.97222°W / 40.94472; -78.97222Coordinates: 40°56′41″N 78°58′20″W / 40.94472°N 78.97222°W / 40.94472; -78.97222
Area less than one acre
Built 1914
Built by Henry, Edward
Architect Taylor, James Knox
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 00001428[1]
Added to NRHP November 22, 2000

United States Post Office-Punxsutawney is a historic post office building located at Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James Knox Taylor and built between 1912 and 1914. It is a two-story brick building with a raised basement in the Neo Classical Revival style. It features a full Ionic order octastyle limestone portico with a coffered ceiling and single-step parapet gable. It housed the post office until 1998.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes David L. Taylor (March 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: United States Post Office-Punxsutawney" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-02.


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