Delavan Post Office
Delavan Post Office | |
 Delavan Post Office | |
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 Interactive map showing the location of the Delavan Post Office | |
| Location | 335 E. Walworth Ave. Delavan, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 42°38′00″N 88°38′39″W / 42.63335°N 88.64413°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Oscar Wenderoth |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | United States Post Office Construction in Wisconsin MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001260[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 24, 2000 |
The Delavan Post Office is located in Delavan, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
It is located on Delavan's Vitrified Brick Street.
It is a two-story building which has six brick pilasters with Tuscan capitals dividing its front facade into five bays, overlooking wide granite steps. It has a carved, stone architrave wrapping around the building, beneath a brick frieze and denticulated cornice.[2]
Its interior includes a mural painted in 1984 by Rosemary Roth showing scenes from Delavan's history.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Charles W. Causier; Joseph G. Jurkiewicz (December 29, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Delavan Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved March 26, 2018. With seven photos, the 6th being of post office mural.
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Categories:
- Buildings and structures in Walworth County, Wisconsin
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
- Neoclassical architecture in Wisconsin
- Government buildings completed in 1914
- 1914 establishments in Wisconsin
- National Register of Historic Places in Walworth County, Wisconsin
- Delavan, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Registered Historic Place stubs