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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

The Old Post Office and Courthouse is a historic courthouse and former post office located at 157 Genessee Street in Auburn, New York. It was built in 1888â€"1890 and was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Mifflin E. Bell, in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The limestone-and-brick building was expanded in 1913â€"1914, designed by James M. Elliot, and again in 1937. It serves as a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. The massive, asymmetrical,  2 1⁄2-story main block (1888) includes a 3-story tower at the southwest corner, a  2 1⁄2-story stair tower, and two massive Richardsonian Romanesqueâ€"style entrances.

The building was surplussed by the Federal government in the 1980s and acquired by Cayuga County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

See also



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  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Cayuga County, New York

References



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External links



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  • Media related to Old Post Office and Courthouse (Auburn, New York) at Wikimedia Commons





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