{"nrhp_refnum":"88002522","name":"US Post Office-Hamilton","other_names":["Hamilton Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"32 Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hamilton","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":42.816598406000026,"lon":-75.54406981199998,"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, red brick Colonial Revival post office at 32 Broad Street in the village of Hamilton, Madison County, New York, built in 1936-37 to a standard federal design.","why_significant":"It is an intact example of 1930s federal post office architecture built under Depression-era public works programs, using a standardized Colonial Revival design by Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon. It is virtually identical to the Gowanda Post Office. It also contains a well-preserved 1938 relief sculpture, \"The Messengers,\" by Humbert Albrizio, commissioned through the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Located at the edge of Hamilton's central business district, near the Colgate University campus, this one-story post office was built in 1936-37 with red brick walls, a gable roof and a symmetrical five-bay front. A boxed cornice with modillions, multi-paned fanlights in the gable ends and nine-over-nine windows give it a restrained Colonial Revival look. Congress authorized funds for a new Hamilton post office in 1931, and construction followed on a former church property after the site was bought in 1936. The design came from the office of Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon, and it was repeated almost exactly at Gowanda, New York. Inside, terrazzo floors, marble wainscoting, wood customer tables and original bulletin cases survive. Above the postmaster's door is a 1938 relief sculpture, \"The Messengers,\" by Humbert Albrizio, depicting early regional postal history. The building is valued as a well-preserved example of standardized Depression-era federal architecture and art.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1936-7; 1938)","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; construction contract won by Samuel Plato of Kentucky","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, and government-owned. It retains a high degree of integrity despite recent alterations, such as a modern entrance and a changed screenline.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.836112-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002522.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002522/07883abfad-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002522/07883abfad-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Schlitzer90","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamilton_NY_Post_Office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Schlitzer90</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamilton_NY_Post_Office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313511","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Hamilton,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890962"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/us-post-office-hamilton-88002522/"}