United States Post Office (Hamilton, New York)

United States historic place

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.

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. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "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

External links

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