US Post Office-Scarsdale is a historic
post office
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building located at
Scarsdale in
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population ...
,
United States
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. It was built in 1937 and designed by consulting architects
Schultze and Weaver for the
Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a symmetrically massed red brick building containing
limestone
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trim in the
Classical Revival
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style. It is composed of a two-story central section with flanking one story wings. The front facade features a three-bay recessed limestone
portico
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supported by a pair of tall slender
Doric order
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columns. The lobby features two murals by
Gordon Samstag titled "Law and Order in Old Scarsdale" and "Caleb Heathcote Buys the Richbell Farm."
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1989.
See also
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References
Scarsdale
Government buildings completed in 1937
Neoclassical architecture in New York (state)
Buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York
Scarsdale, New York
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