Postal service was begun in Canandaigua in 1794, and in 1860 the federal government obtained a perpetual lease for the Post Office Department to occupy a portion of the Ontario County Courthouse , which had been newly constructed in 1857-58. By 1910, overcrowded conditions were beginning to hamper mail handling and it was apparent that more space was needed; thus, a new post office building was …
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