Waccabuc Post Office (Waccabuc Historic District)

The Waccabuc Post Office dates to 1880 when the one-story, wood-frame building was constructed by local landowner Robert Hoe II to be used as a post office by residents of the hamlet of Waccabuc. In 1912, the original building was purchased by the Kings and Westchester Land Company. It was later turned over to the municipality and continues to serve as Waccabuc’s post office. Although enlarged over time, the building remains one story, and continues to exhibit elements of its original design. It possesses a substantial roof overhang with decorative rafter tails and curved brackets, as has been its style for over a century. The Waccabuc Post Office is included in the Waccabuc Historic District, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

Robert Hoe II was a large landowner in the hamlet of Waccabuc in the late 1800s, having purchased the farmhouse of Martin R. Mead, of the Waccabuc Mead family, and Mead’s Indian Spring Farm, which encompassed over 450 acres. In addition to constructing a number of new properties on his estate for the use of his family and staff, he also was responsible for building the Waccabuc Post Office in 1880, as well as a new schoolhouse for the hamlet in 1884.

The Waccabuc Post Office stayed in the Hoe family until 1912, when it was purchased again by the Mead family under the Kings and Westchester Land Company. It was later turned over to the municipality and continues to serve as the hamlet’s post office. 

The original wood-frame 1880 building has been enlarged, but remains one story. It features a substantial roof overhang on the north elevation with decorative rafter tails all supported by large, detailed, curved brackets. The building is clad in wood clapboard siding with four-over-four and two-over two wood sash windows.

The Waccabuc Post Office is included in the Waccabuc Historic District, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

1. “Reflections of Mead Street; Waccabuc 1780-2003.” The Westchester Historian. Vol 79, No.2. Spring 2003.
2. “Waccabuc Historic District #15000236.” National Register of Historic Places. United States Department of the Interior/National Park Service. 2015. 
3. Waccabuc Landowners Council. https://www.waccabuc.org/