Old Post Office and Courthouse, Auburn

Name: Old Post Office and Courthouse
Address: Auburn, United States

#18 among attractions in Auburn

Romanesque architecture, Romanesque revival architecture

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The Old Post Office and Courthouse is a historic courthouse and former post office located at 157 Genesee Street in Auburn, New York. It was built in 1888–1890 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 1913–1914, 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 includes a 3-story tower at the southwest corner, a 2+1⁄2-story stair tower, and two massive Richardsonian Romanesque–style entrances. ()

Built: 1888 (136 years ago)Architectural style: Queen Anne style architectureCoordinates: 42°55'49"N, 76°34'12"W

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Auburn United States

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Old Post Office and Courthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Falcon Park, Willard Memorial Chapel, Fort Hill Cemetery, Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion.

1.1 miNW
Sport complex, Baseball, Sport
Falcon Park, Auburn
28 min walk • Falcon Park is a stadium in Auburn, New York. The stadium is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Auburn Doubledays collegiate summer baseball team. The Auburn Maroons high school baseball team also plays its home games at the stadium. The current, rebuilt facility opened in 1995 and holds 2,800 people.
0.6 miNE
Architecture, Church, History museum
Willard Memorial Chapel, Auburn
15 min walk • The Willard Memorial Chapel and the adjoining Welch Memorial Hall are historic conjoined buildings located at 17-19 Nelson Street in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York.
0.4 miS
Cemetery
Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn
11 min walk • Fort Hill Cemetery is a historically significant cemetery located in Auburn, New York. It was incorporated on May 15, 1851 under its official name: "Trustees of the Fort Hill Cemetery Association of Auburn".
~1680 ftSW
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion, Auburn
9 min walk • Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion, also known as the Cayuga Museum of History and Art, is a historic mansion and related outbuildings located in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York state.
~1900 ftSE
Museum, History museum
William H. Seward House, Auburn
10 min walk • The William H. Seward House Museum is a historic house museum at 33 South Street in Auburn, New York. Built about 1816, the home of William H. Seward, who served as a New York state senator, the governor of New York, a U.S. senator, a presidential candidate, and then Secretary...
~290 ftW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex, Auburn
2 min walk • The St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex is a historic Episcopal church complex located at 169 Genesee Street in Auburn. The complex consists of the church, the Parish House, a cemetery, and a small burial plot.
~1210 ftE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Schines Auburn Theatre, Auburn
6 min walk • Schines Auburn Theatre is a historic theatre building located at 12-14 South Street between Genesee and Lincoln Streets in Auburn, New York. It is owned by the Cayuga County Arts Council.
~730 ftSW
Library
Seymour Library, Auburn
4 min walk • The Case Memorial-Seymour Library is a historic library building located at 176 Genesee Street in Auburn. It was built in 1898 and as designed by architects Carrère and Hastings, in the Beaux-Arts style. It is a square, two story, three bay building constructed of Flemish bond brick and limestone topped by a hipped roof.
0.6 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Auburn
15 min walk • Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church, formerly the home of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, was a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at 69 Wall Street in Auburn, New York, United States.
0.5 miSW
Memorial
Harriet Tubman Grave, Auburn
12 min walk • Harriet Tubman Grave is an historic gravesite located in Fort Hill Cemetery at Auburn, in Cayuga County, New York. The granite gravestone marks the resting place of famed African-American abolitionist and Christian Harriet Tubman, who was born into slavery in Maryland in the United States in 1822.
~1850 ftSW
42°55'39"N • 76°34'33"W
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn
9 min walk • Museum, Art museum, Art gallery

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Nearby attractions include St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex, Auburn (2 min walk), Cayuga County Courthouse and Clerk's Office, Auburn (2 min walk), Veterans Memorial Park, Auburn (3 min walk), Seymour Library, Auburn (4 min walk).