The ”’U.S. [[post office|Post Office]]”’ in ”'[[Ellenville, New York|Ellenville]], [[New York (state)|New York]]”’, United States, serves the [[ZIP code]] 12428, which covers Ellenville and much of the surrounding town of [[Wawarsing, New York|Wawarsing]]. It is located on Liberty Place in the center of the village.
The ”’U.S. [[post office|Post Office]]”’ in ”'[[Ellenville, New York|Ellenville]], [[New York (state)|New York]]”’, United States, serves the [[ZIP code]] 12428, which covers Ellenville and much of the surrounding town of [[Wawarsing, New York|Wawarsing]]. It is located on Liberty Place in the center of the village.
The building was one of many post offices in the region which were [[stonemasonry|built of stone]], reflecting the historical [[Dutch colonization of the Americas|Dutch influence]] in the [[Hudson Valley]], during the [[New Deal]] by the [[Works Progress Administration]]. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] personally approved the design.<ref name=”FDR”>[http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/frdcsb8.html FDR and Dutchess County Stone Buildings], retrieved from marist.edu March 22, 2007.</ref> As a native of the region, he understood the importance of stone architecture and made sure that new post offices in the region were built in that style. In late 1939, villagers in Ellenville sent Roosevelt a [[telegram]] which complained that their new post office was to be [[brick]], despite the presence of pre-[[American Revolution|Revolutionary]] stone houses in Ellenville’s location, the [[Rondout Creek|Rondout Valley]].<ref name=”FDR” /><ref name=“nrhpinv_ny”>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9484|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: US Post Office-Ellenville|date=December 1986|access-date=2010-03-20 |author=Larry E. Gobrecht|publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]}} ”See also:” {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9494|title=Accompanying four photos}}</ref>
The building was one of many post offices in the region which were [[stonemasonry|built of stone]], reflecting the historical [[Dutch colonization of the Americas|Dutch influence]] in the [[Hudson Valley]], during the [[New Deal]] by the [[Works Progress Administration]]. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] personally approved the design.<ref name=”FDR”>[http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/frdcsb8.html FDR and Dutchess County Stone Buildings], retrieved from marist.edu March 22, 2007.</ref> As a native of the region, he understood the importance of stone architecture and made sure that new post offices in the region were built in that style. In late 1939, villagers in Ellenville sent Roosevelt a [[telegram]] which complained that their new post office was to be [[brick]], despite the presence of pre-[[American Revolution|Revolutionary]] stone houses in Ellenville’s location, the [[Rondout Creek|Rondout Valley]].<ref name=”FDR” /><ref name=>{{cite |url=://..//|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: US Post Office-Ellenville|= |author=Larry E. Gobrecht|= , }} {{}}</ref>
“I will stop this brick right away!” he vowed in response, and two days before construction [[bidding]] began, he sent the project back to the drawing board. The final building combined features typical of stone houses throughout the region.<ref name=”FDR” />
“I will stop this brick right away!” he vowed in response, and two days before construction [[bidding]] began, he sent the project back to the drawing board. The final building combined features typical of stone houses throughout the region.<ref name=”FDR” />
United States historic place
The U.S. Post Office in Ellenville, New York, United States, serves the ZIP code 12428, which covers Ellenville and much of the surrounding town of Wawarsing. It is located on Liberty Place in the center of the village.
The building was one of many post offices in the region which were built of stone, reflecting the historical Dutch influence in the Hudson Valley, during the New Deal by the Works Progress Administration. President Franklin D. Roosevelt personally approved the design.[2] As a native of the region, he understood the importance of stone architecture and made sure that new post offices in the region were built in that style. In late 1939, villagers in Ellenville sent Roosevelt a telegram which complained that their new post office was to be brick, despite the presence of pre-Revolutionary stone houses in Ellenville’s location, the Rondout Valley.[2][3]
“I will stop this brick right away!” he vowed in response, and two days before construction bidding began, he sent the project back to the drawing board. The final building combined features typical of stone houses throughout the region.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] It is located in the Ellenville Downtown Historic District.
