United States Post Office-Ithaca
Details
- Name
- United States Post Office-Ithaca
- Address
- 213 N Tioga St Ithaca
- Year Built
- 1909
- Architects
- James Knox Taylor
- Building Type
- Public
- Construction
- 1 story Brick structure
- Block Number
- 55
Annotations
1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca
Post Office
Slow burning
Stone faced
Description
United States Post Office-Ithaca, National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form (1988)
Media (Photos, Videos, Audio Recordings)
Post Office Building
Post Office 1932
Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954
Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
Multi-Family Construction: ;
Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible;
Additional Sections: ;
Porches: :Porch 1, back right inset (SE), 1 story, non-combustible roof;
Outbuildings: ;
Other: ;
"Construction of the post office building was authorized by an act of Congress in 1902 and undertaken in 1909-10. The Beaux Arts design reflects the return to classical and Renaissance architectural forms in federal buildings. U.S. Treasury architect James Knox Taylor modeled Ithaca's post office on the Grand Trianon at Versailles, built in 1687. Its influence is evident in the tall, round-arched windows with console keystones, the paired Ionic columns between the windows, and the roof balustrade with paneled pedestals. Taylor designed many post offices across the United States, among them in New York State, those in Niagara Falls, Schenectady, Geneva, Lockport, Little Falls, Penn Yan, Corning, Olean, and Hudson."
Historic Ithaca, DeWitt Park Historic District and Downtown Ithaca: An Architectural Walking Tour, 14.
http://www.historicithaca.org/