United States Post Office (Hamilton, New York)

US Post Office-Hamilton
Location 32 Broad St., Hamilton, New York
Coordinates 42°49′0″N 75°32′40″W / 42.81667°N 75.54444°W / 42.81667; -75.54444Coordinates: 42°49′0″N 75°32′40″W / 42.81667°N 75.54444°W / 42.81667; -75.54444
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 # 88002522[1]
Added to NRHP May 11, 1989

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 pured concrete foundation and brick watercourse in the Colonial Revival style.

The Messengers (1938), terracotta relief by Humbert Albrizio installed in the post office lobby

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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. 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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