US Post Office-Hamilton is a historic post office building located at Hamilton in Madison County, New York, United States. It was designed and built in 1936, 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 one-story, five bay steel frame building with a raised poured concrete foundation and brick watercourse in the Colonial Revival style.
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| Location | 32 Broad St., Hamilton, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°49′32.9″N 75°32′38.4″W / 42.825806°N 75.544000°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | Simon, Louis A.; Albrizio, Humbert |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002522[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
The interior features a 1938 relief sculpture by Humbert Albrizio titled "The Messengers."[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hamilton Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying five photographs
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