United States Post Office (Delhi, New York)

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]

US Post Office-Delhi
United States Post Office (Delhi, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Delhi, New York)
United States Post Office (Delhi, New York) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Delhi, New York)
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Interactive map showing the location of the U.S Post Office-Delhi
Location10 Court St., Delhi, New York
Coordinates42°16′40″N 74°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
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002477[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

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

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  1. ^ a b "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".