Delaware Post Office - Delaware, Ohio

Delaware Post Office in Delaware, Ohio. Built 1910-1911. When bids were opened on May 23, 1910, for the new post office, the successful bidder was the John G. Unkefer Company of Minerva, Ohio, which submitted an estimate of $57,484. The firm built hundreds of government buildings in the eastern half of the United States. Including site, construction, and furnishings, the total price tag for the new Post Office was $75,004.48. The Delaware Post Office Building is designed in the Italian Renaissance Style. When a modern facility was envisioned for the Delaware Post Office on Liberty Street, the building was vacated and purchased by Ohio Wesleyan University in 1969. Initially, OWU remodeled the interior to include offices, classrooms, and a gallery. The building was renamed Humphreys Art Hall in memory of Sallie Thompson Humphreys, a Professor of Art from 1905 to 1943. In 2000, the building went through another renovation, this time becoming the home of the Richard M. Ross Art Museum. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 30, 2019. GPS: 40.29694°N, -83.06821°W.