• Post Office - Dolgeville NY
    The historic post office building in Dolgeville, New York "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." (Wikipedia)
  • Post Office Mural - Dolgeville NY
    "James Newell had produced several public murals by 1940 when the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts commissioned him to create a mural for the post office in Dolgeville, New York. He researched the history of Dolgeville before designing a mural for the post office. As he read about the Mohawk Valley, he wrote that he had found “some of the most interesting and exciting material I have ever looked into.” He decided to paint a scene of an abolitionist farmer helping escaped slaves as day breaks at Brockett Farm, one of the two Underground Railroad stops near Dolgeville....