US Post Office-Delhi | |
Location | 10 Court St., Delhi, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°16′40″N74°55′7″W / 42.27778°N 74.91861°W Coordinates: 42°16′40″N74°55′7″W / 42.27778°N 74.91861°W |
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 No. | 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]
Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in New York listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, New York
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". Two listings, the New York State Barge Canal and the Cobblestone Historic District, are further designated a National Historic Landmark.
Fitch's Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over the West Branch of the Delaware River. It is in the town of Delhi and is one of 24 covered bridges in New York State. It was originally erected in 1870 in the village of Delhi, and moved to its present location in 1885. The single-span, timber bridge measures 106 feet long and 20 feet wide.
There are 69 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Albany, New York, United States. Six are additionally designated as National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), the most of any city in the state after New York City. Another 14 are historic districts, for which 20 of the listings are also contributing properties. Two properties, both buildings, that had been listed in the past but have since been demolished have been delisted; one building that is also no longer extant remains listed.
Christian Church, also known as Fitches Bridge Church, is a historic church on NY 10 at East Delhi in Delaware County, New York. It was built in 1861 and is in the Greek Revival style with an overlay of Gothic Revival decoration. It is a small rectangular structure of post and beam construction. It features 12 narrow, engaged towers with pinnacles that mark the corners of the building.
New Kingston Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church on CR 6 in New Kingston, Delaware County, New York, United States. It is a one-story, rectangular wood frame building on a stone foundation built in 1900. It features a steep gable roof with slate shingles and a broad raking cornice. It also has a three-stage, engaged corner tower.
Old School Baptist Church of Halcottsville is a historic Baptist church building on Old NY 30 in Halcottsville, Delaware County, New York. It is a one-story, wood-frame building constructed in 1886 by Eld. Isaac Hewitt as a branch of the Second Old School Baptist Church of Roxbury. The interior features a traditional meeting house plan.
West Delhi Presbyterian Church, Manse, and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church complex and cemetery at 18 and 45 Sutherland Road in West Delhi, Delaware County, New York. The church is a one-story, rectangular wood frame building constructed in 1892. It is surmounted by a steep gable roof with overhanging eaves. The manse was built about 1840 and is a large two story wood frame building with a cross gable plan. The West Delhi Cemetery contains the graves of most settlement era families and features stones typical of their period and style.
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Hotel Delaware is a historic hotel building located at East Branch in Delaware County, New York, United States. It was built in 1891 and enlarged after a fire in 1908. It is a large three-story wood-framed building, 40 feet wide and 70 feet deep. It features a two-story verandah on the front facade supported by Doric order columns on the first story.
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New Stone Hall is a historic school building located at Franklin in Delaware County, New York, United States. It was built in 1855–1856 and is a three-story rectangular building, eight bays wide and three bays deep. It features a slate-covered hipped roof and octagonal cupola. It was built as the main academic building of the Delaware Literary Institute, then later used by the local school system. It was abandoned in 1932. It is located within the Franklin Village Historic District.
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Delaware County Courthouse Square District is a national historic district located at Delhi in Delaware County, New York. The district contains 18 contributing buildings and one contributing structure. It consists of a distinctive and unspoiled grouping of 19th century governmental, commercial, and religious structures built around the village green. It includes the county courthouse and clerk's office, the sheriff's office and jail, and a bandstand. It also includes the buildings surrounding the green. The 2 1⁄2-story brick courthouse building was designed by Isaac G. Perry and features a mansard roof. Also within the district are the Presbyterian church (1831) and Bank building (1838).
Ravina is a national historic district located at Lordville, a hamlet in the Town of Hancock in Delaware County, New York. The district contains six contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures. It encompasses a small rural estate consisting of the main house, guest bungalow, garage, caretakers' dwelling, wood shed, and distinctive landscape features. The main residence is a three-by-three-bay, 2-story wood-frame building listed in the Sears catalog of prefabricated houses as "Shadow Lawn." It and the bungalow were built in 1926–1927.
Sherwood Family Estate is a historic farm and national historic district located at Delhi in Delaware County, New York. The district contains four contributing buildings and one contributing site. It was developed over the period 1801 to about 1925 and is composed of six estate buildings, a designed landscape, and an agricultural landscape. Buildings include the residence, ice house, garage, laundry, and spring house.