The 1910 Classical Revival Post Office featuring 1930s murals

The Saratoga Springs Post Office on Broadway is a brick structure built in 1910 in the Classical Revival architectural style. It was designed by James Knox Taylor, supervising architect for the Treasury Department, who used classical details to reflect the ideals of the country's Founding Fathers. The building sits at the intersection of Broadway and Church Street, harmonizing with nearby structures like the Italianate city hall and the Ainsworth Building.

The exterior is faced in yellow pressed Roman brick on a foundation of finished granite, with marble and limestone trim. A projecting middle bay on the front elevation features a semicircular arch supported by freestanding Doric columns of polished marble. Above the windows, a limestone egg-and-dart course and a frieze decorated with a geometric pattern of red and yellow brick wrap around the building. The original heavy bronze doors remain in place, though they have been functionally replaced by modern aluminum doors.

Inside, the lobby features a 14-foot-high plaster coffered ceiling with a central leaded glass skylight. The walls are lined with segmented recessed arches topped by an egg-and-dart cornice. On either side of the vestibule are murals by Guy Pène du Bois entitled Saratoga in the Racing Season, which were added in the 1930s to depict the city's race track. The lobby also contains a 9-foot-high screenline with post office boxes and teller windows on the north side.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, the building has undergone several changes over the last century. These include a loading dock added in 1961, alterations to the lobby in 1974, and the installation of modern carpeting. Despite these updates, the building retains much of its original integrity and design as a contributing property of the Broadway Historic District.

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