Name: NIAGARA FALLS POST OFFICE
Address: 4500 QUEEN ST
Original Owner: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
Year Constructed: 1930
Architect Name: FINDLAY AND FOULIS
Architectural Style: ART DECO
Builder Name: PIGGOTT CONSTRUCTION CO.
Designated: No
Historical Notes
CONSTRUCTED AT A COST OF $100,000, THE BUILDING WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED IN JANUARY 1931. IT STANDS ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER MANSE OF ST. ANDREW'S UNITED CHURCH WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1961.
Architectural Notes
THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE WAS 84 FEET SQUARE AND HAS SINCE BEEN ENLARGED TO ITS PRESENT DIMENSIONS. ITS ART DECO FACADE HAS A SIMPLIFIED CORNICE AND WINDOWS SEPARATED VERTICALLY BY SQUARED PILASTERS WITH IONIC CAPITALS AND BROKEN HORIZONTALLY BY STONE PANELS. THE INTERIOR WAS DONE WITH TERRAZZO FLOORS MARBLE AND MAHOGANY TRIM.
Location
Interactive Mapping of 4500 Queen Street
