United States Post Office (Delhi, New York)

US Post Office-Delhi
Location 10 Court St., Delhi, New York
Coordinates 42°16′40″N 74°55′7″W / 42.27778°N 74.91861°W / 42.27778; -74.91861Coordinates: 42°16′40″N 74°55′7″W / 42.27778°N 74.91861°W / 42.27778; -74.91861
Area less than one acre
Built 1938
Architect Simon, Louis A.; Earley, Mary
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference # 88002477[1]
Added to NRHP November 17, 1988

US Post Office-Delhi is a historic post office building located at Delhi in Delaware County, New York, United States. It was built in 1938, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Louis A. Simon. It is a symmetrically massed one story brick building with a stone watertable in the Colonial Revival style. The front section features a copper clad gable roof crowned by a square flat-topped cupola with Doric order pilasters and round arched vent openings on each face. The interior features a 1940 mural by artist Mary Earley titled Down-Rent War, Around 1845.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Delhi Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-06. See also: "Accompanying eight photos".


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