United States Post Office (Bronxville, New York)

US Post Office-Bronxville
Location: Pondfield Rd., Bronxville, New York
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1937
Architect: Kebbon, Eric; Sloan, John
Architectural style: Colonial Revival
Governing body: U.S. Postal Service
MPS: US Post Offices in New York State, 1858–1943, TR
NRHP Reference#: 88002459[1]
Added to NRHP: November 17, 1988

US Post Office-Bronxville is a historic post office building located at Bronxville in Westchester County, New York, United States. It was built in 1937 and designed by consulting architect Eric Kebbon (1891–1964) for the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a 1 1⁄2-story building faced with brick and trimmed in limestone in the Colonial Revival style. The front facade features six extremely flat limestone pilasters that flank the central entrance. The lobby features a mural by John French Sloan (1871–1951) painted in 1939 and titled The Arrival of the First Mail in Bronxville in 1846.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bronxville Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10393. Retrieved 2010-10-01.  See also: "Accompanying five photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10386. 
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