United States Post Office (Dolgeville, New York)

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US Post Office-Dolgeville
United States Post Office (Dolgeville, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Dolgeville, New York)
Location41 S. Main St., Dolgeville, New York
Coordinates43°6′1″N 74°46′22″W / 43.10028°N 74.77278°W / 43.10028; -74.77278Coordinates: 43°6′1″N 74°46′22″W / 43.10028°N 74.77278°W / 43.10028; -74.77278
Arealess than one acre
Built1939
ArchitectSimon, Louis A.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002486[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

US Post Office-Dolgeville is a historic post office building located at Dolgeville in Herkimer County, New York, United States. It was built in 1939–1940, 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 building with a granite clad foundation, brick facades laid in common bond, and limestone trim in the Colonial Revival style. It features a slate-covered hipped roof on the front section. The interior features a 1940 fresco by artist James Michael Newell titled "Underground Railroad."[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dolgeville Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-01-10. See also: "Accompanying three photos".


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