US Post Office-Delmar
National Register of Historic Places

US Post Office-Delmar

Delmar, Albany County, New York
Listed
November 17, 1988
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
88002480

About this property

The U.S. Post Office in Delmar, New York is located on Delaware Avenue (NY 443) in the middle of the hamlet. It serves the 12054 ZIP Code, covering Delmar and its surrounding area. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. To date it is the only current post office in Albany County on the Register. It is a small brick building constructed in 1939, near the end of the Great Depression. Louis A. Simon, the Treasury Department's supervising architect at that time, designed 13 total post offices for New York in the Colonial Revival style similar to Delmar's. But that one was the only one from whose design he omitted a cupola. The lobby is decorated with a mural auspices, showing a scene of the Indian Ladder at nearby John Boyd Thacher State Park.

Location

357 Delaware Ave.
Delmar, Albany County, New York
42.62292, -73.83200

Categories

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Sources

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When was US Post Office-Delmar listed on the National Register?

US Post Office-Delmar was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1988.

What type of historic resource is US Post Office-Delmar?

US Post Office-Delmar is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for US Post Office-Delmar?

The period of significance for US Post Office-Delmar is recorded as the civil_war era.

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