U.S. Post Office (Hoosick Falls, New York)
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U.S. Post Office
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East elevation and partial south profile, 2008
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| Location | Hoosick Falls, NY |
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| Nearest city | Bennington, VT |
| Coordinates | 42°54′2″N 73°21′3″W / 42.90056°N 73.35083°WCoordinates: 42°54′2″N 73°21′3″W / 42.90056°N 73.35083°W |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | Louis A. Simon; Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | U.S. Post Offices in New York State, 1858–1943, TR |
| NRHP reference # | 88002506 |
| Added to NRHP | 1988 |
The U.S. Post Office in Hoosick Falls, New York, is located on Main Street a block south of downtown. It is a brick building erected in the mid-1920s, serving the 12090 ZIP Code, which covers the village of Hoosick Falls and surrounding portions of the Town of Hoosick.
It took the government nine years to build after the land was acquired. One of several similar post offices in New York built at that time, it has retained its historic integrity better than some of the others. In 1988 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the only post office in Rensselaer County besides Troy's with that distinction.
The post office is located two blocks from downtown Hoosick Falls, just outside the village's historic district. It is also located on the west side of Main Street, across from a small park and Hoosick Falls's village hall. A three-story mixed-use building, a contributing property to the historic district, is to the north. To the south, on the opposite corner of a small street, is a residence converted to commercial use. The post office's parking lot is on its west, with a small strip of lawn and flagpole between it and Main on the east. The ground slopes gently to the west.
It is a one-story, five-by-five-bay building of wire-cut brick, rectangular with a non-contributing loading dock added to the rear. Its raised foundation is also brick, with a stone water table. At the roofline a limestone cornice is topped with a brick parapet with limestone balusters above the front bays.
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