{"nrhp_refnum":"88002352","name":"US Post Office-Middleburgh","other_names":["Middleburgh Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"162 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middleburgh","county":"Schoharie County","state":"NY","lat":42.59793655000004,"lon":-74.33356853699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, five-bay, red brick post office at 162 Main Street in the village of Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York, built in 1939-40 to a design from the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","why_significant":"It is an intact representative example of Depression-era federal architecture in simplified Colonial Revival style, and one of five virtually identical post offices built in New York State between 1939 and 1941. It also contains a 1941 mural, \"Dance of the Hop Pickers,\" by Mary Earley, painted under the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Built in 1939-40 on Main Street in Middleburgh, this small brick post office was the village's first federal building. It is a one-story, steel-frame structure with a slate hipped roof, a recessed segmentally arched entry with radiating voussoirs, and corbelled brickwork that suggests a denticulated cornice. Its simplified Colonial Revival design came from the Treasury Department's Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon, and the same plan was used for four other New York post offices. Construction was part of the Depression-era federal building program meant to ease unemployment. Inside, an L-shaped lobby keeps its green terrazzo floor, marble dado, and circular metal light fixtures. A mural by Mary Earley, painted in 1941 under the Section of Fine Arts, depicts a hop dance around 1850 and recalls the hop industry that long dominated the county's economy. The building replaced a nineteenth-century dwelling and has been well maintained.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; general contractor Nicholas Villani Construction Company","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained, in good condition, and retaining a high degree of exterior integrity, with some interior and window alterations. The form lists it as occupied government use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.042707-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002352.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314626","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Middleburgh,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891001"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schoharie-county/us-post-office-middleburgh-88002352/"}