United_States_Post_Office_(Hamilton,_New_York)

United States Post Office (Hamilton, New York)

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
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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

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