United States Post Office (Albion, New York)

U.S. Post Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
South profile and east elevation, 2008
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Location	8 S. Main St., Albion, NY
Coordinates	43°14′45.6″N 78°11′38.7″W / 43.246000°N 78.194083°W / 43.246000; -78.194083Coordinates: 43°14′45.6″N 78°11′38.7″W / 43.246000°N 78.194083°W / 43.246000; -78.194083
Built	1937
Architect	Louis Simon; Judson Smith
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference #	88002450
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1988

The U.S. Post Office in Albion, New York, is located on South Main Street (New York State Route 98) in the center of town. It serves the 14411 ZIP Code, covering the village and town of Albion plus neighboring sections of the towns of Barre and Gaines.

It is a brick Colonial Revival building erected in the late 1930s. In the lobby is a mural of the nearby Erie Canal. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 along with many other present and former post offices in the state. While it is within the boundaries of the Orleans County Courthouse Historic District, it is not considered a contributing property to that district since it was built after that district's period of significance.

The post office is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Main and East State streets in the center of Albion. Across from it is the county courthouse, screened by a small village green planted with mature trees. North of it is the Swan Library, an 1840 Greek Revival residence later converted into a Colonial Revival library; to the south is a former residence from the 1830s used now as the Cornell Cooperative Extension offices for the county. Across the intersection at the northeast corner is the First Presbyterian Church, a stone building with a 175-foot (53 m) steeple, the tallest structure in Orleans County. Main Street descends slightly to the north, into Albion's other historic district, the more commercial North Main-Bank Streets area, ending at the New York State Barge Canal, the former route of the Erie Canal.