United States Post Office (Delhi, New York) Explained

US Post Office-Delhi
Location:10 Court St., Delhi, New York
Coordinates:42.2778°N -74.9186°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of the U.S Post Office-Delhi
Built:1938
Architect:Simon, Louis A.; Earley, Mary
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 17, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002477

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.[1]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Delhi Post Office. July 1986. 2010-02-06 . Larry E. Gobrecht . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying eight photos.