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The U.S. Post Office in Scotia, New York, is located on Mohawk Avenue (NY 5) in the middle of the village. It is a brick Colonial Revival structure built at the end of the 1930s, serving the 12302 ZIP Code, which covers the village and some surrounding areas of the Town of Glenville. It is one of five nearly identical post office buildings across the state, all featuring elaborate detail and decoration. In the lobby a mural depicts a 1690 confrontation between Native Americans and an early settler family. In 1989 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2009 the Postal Service announced that it was considering closing it down, sparking a community effort to save it. ==Building== The post office occupies a small lot at the western corner of Mohawk and Center Street. The neighborhood, the village's downtown, is a mix of small commercial and residential structures. To the building's west is a house; to its north a parking lot. It is set back slightly from the street, with landscaping and plantings in front.〔 The building itself is a one-story, five-by-five-bay steel frame building on a poured concrete foundation faced in brick laid in English bond with a hipped slate roof pierced by two zinc-coated ventilators. The hipping is lower over the three central bays on the rear; a one-bay loading dock projects from that area.〔 A molded brick watercourse sets off the basement, and the roofline is marked by a corbeled course giving the effect of a denticulated cornice. The western (front) facade is symmetrically composed around a centrally located, recessed segmented arch with a lintel of radiating voussoirs. A carved metal eagle is situated above the door in front of the transom. A row of stars is set in the arch above, and "SCOTIA, N.Y. 12302" is etched on the glass in the transom. Metal lettering saying "UNITED STATES POST OFFICE" is above the door, with "SCOTIA" on either side.〔 The windows on all facades are similarly shaped and decorated. Small brick corbels between the window openings suggest brick piers with denticulated capitals, and the recessing and arching of the windows combines with this to suggest an arcade.〔 Concrete steps with modern railings rise to the entrance, with a recently added wheelchair ramp coming in from the north. The original lampposts have been mounted on separate pedestals. The modern aluminum and glass door leads into a wooden vestibule with fluted pilasters and a curved ceiling.〔 The lobby itself takes up four of the five bays of the facade, with the postmaster's office occupying the building's southeast corner. A modern plywood wall has been built on the west with a partition and sliding doors further subdividing the space. New teller windows and Formica countertops have been added, but the original wooden customer tables remain. Also original are the finishings, from the terrazzo floor to the marble base and counter height dado that rise to a plaster ceiling with cornice. On the east wall is a mural, ''The Glen Family Spared by French Indians'', above the door to the postmaster's office.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States Post Office (Scotia, New York)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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