It was built in 1940–1941, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Louis A. Simon.

It is a one-story, five-bay, steel frame building on a raised foundation in the Colonial Revival style.

It features a three-bay central pavilion surmounted by a slate-covered hipped roof.

The interior features a 1942 wood relief by artist Albert Wein titled "Growth.

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