United States Post Office, Ellenville, N.Y.
The Gramatan Art Company located at Mount Vernon, New York published this vintage postcard of the post office building at the village of Ellenville in Ulster County, New York. The postcard was never mailed.
The Ellenville post office was designed by architect Rudolph Stanley-Brown. “An architectural anomaly (for this time period) appeared in Ellenville in the form of its new post office, built in 1940. [PHOTO 14.] The post office reflects the influence of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with his love of vernacular buildings of the Dutch colonial period. Most post offices built in this period were brick. Such plans for the Ellenville building had been developed and were ready to go to bid in 1939. However, local Postmaster Tuthill McDowell, having seen the new Rhinebeck Post Office - a stone building reflecting the local Dutch vernacular - enlisted President Roosevelt's assistance in obtaining a similar post office for Ellenville.9 The building was designed with a notable interior mural by Louis Bouche. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.”
Note 9: Bernice L. Thomas. The Stamp of FDR - New Deal Post Offices in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Fleischmanns, NY: Purple Mountain Press, Ltd., 2002. p. 67.
