{"nrhp_refnum":"88002480","name":"US Post Office-Delmar","other_names":["Delmar Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"357 Delaware Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Delmar","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.62292424700007,"lon":-73.83199678999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick post office at 357 Delaware Avenue, at the corner of Grove Street, in the village of Delmar, Albany County, New York. It was built in 1939-40 to a standard Treasury Department design.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact example of Colonial Revival federal architecture built during the Great Depression public works programs. Its design was used for thirteen nearly identical post offices in New York State, the largest related group in the state, and Delmar is the only one built without a rooftop cupola. It also holds a well-preserved 1940 mural by Sol Wilson, \"The Indian Ladder,\" commissioned through the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Delmar's post office, at 357 Delaware Avenue, is a symmetrical one-story brick building completed in 1939-40. It has a stone watertable, a slate gable roof at the front, twelve-over-twelve windows and a central entrance framed by fluted Doric columns beneath a blind fanlight with a cast aluminum eagle. The design came from the office of Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon and was repeated for thirteen nearly identical post offices across New York State. Delmar is the only one built without a rooftop cupola. Loucks & Clarke Corporation of Wallingford, Connecticut, served as general contractor. Inside, an L-shaped lobby has marble, plaster and wood details, a terrazzo floor and a 1940 mural by Sol Wilson titled \"The Indian Ladder,\" which shows visitors at a landmark in nearby Thatcher Park. The building was listed as an intact example of Depression-era federal Colonial Revival architecture and for its well-preserved mural. A 1959 rear addition is considered non-historic.","period_of_significance":"1939-40","architect_builder":"Treasury Department; Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; Loucks & Clarke Corporation of Wallingford, Connecticut, general contractors","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good, with a high degree of integrity on the exterior and interior. A four-bay rear addition from 1959 is considered non-historic. The form lists the property as occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.865358-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002480.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002480/cd62b7f96e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002480/cd62b7f96e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delmar,_NY,_post_office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delmar,_NY,_post_office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312069","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Delmar,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1363699"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/us-post-office-delmar-88002480/"}