United States Post Office (Jamaica, Queens)
Appearance
US Post Office-Jamaica Main | |
Location | 8840 164th St.,[2] Jamaica, Queens |
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Coordinates | 40°42′27.5″N 73°47′51″W / 40.707639°N 73.79750°W |
Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
Built | 1932 |
Architect | Cross & Cross; U.S. Treasury Department |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002335[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 17, 1988 |
US Post Office-Jamaica Main is a historic post office building located at the northwest corner of 164th Street and 89th Avenue in Jamaica in Queens County, New York, United States. It serves the 11432 ZIP Code. It was built in 1932–1934, and is one of two post offices in New York City designed by the architects Cross & Cross as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two-story brick building on a light gray granite base with marble trim in the Colonial Revival style. It features a handsome marble portico supported by four Ionic order columns.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 1, 2016.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jamaica Main Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying four photographs
External links
- Map and Business Hours - USPS website
Categories:
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
- Government buildings completed in 1934
- Colonial Revival architecture in New York City
- Government buildings in Queens, New York
- Jamaica, Queens
- National Register of Historic Places in Queens, New York
- 1934 establishments in New York (state)
- Queens County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
- Queens, New York building and structure stubs