United States Post Office (Delhi, New York)

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US Post Office-Delhi
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Location10 Court St., Delhi, New York
Coordinates 42°16′40″N74°55′7″W / 42.27778°N 74.91861°W / 42.27778; -74.91861 Coordinates: 42°16′40″N74°55′7″W / 42.27778°N 74.91861°W / 42.27778; -74.91861
Arealess than one acre
Built1938
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.; Earley, Mary
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No. 88002477 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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 Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  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".