United States Post Office (Dolgeville, New York)

US Post Office-Dolgeville
Location: 41 S. Main St., Dolgeville, New York
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1939
Architect: Simon, Louis A.
Architectural style: Colonial Revival
Governing body: U.S. Postal Service
MPS: US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference#: 88002486[1]
Added to NRHP: November 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. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  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. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=2767. Retrieved 2010-01-10.  See also: "Accompanying three photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=2766. 
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