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US Post Office-Jackson Heights Station
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| Location: | 78-02 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, Queens |
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| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1936 |
| Architect: | Flournoy, Benjamin C.; Mangravite, Peppino |
| Architectural style: | Colonial Revival |
| Governing body: | U.S. Postal Service |
| MPS: | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP Reference#: | 88002504[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | November 17, 1988 |
US Post Office-Jackson Heights Station is a historic post office building located at Jackson Heights in Queens County, New York, United States. The original section was built in 1936-1937, and was designed by architect Benjamin C. Flournoy (1876-ca. 1939) as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. The original section is a symmetrically massed one story brick building with a nine bay wide principal facade in the Colonial Revival style. It features a three bay entrance pavilion with four simple brick Doric order pilasters which support a limestone triangular pediment. The building was extended four bays to the east in 1964. The interior features a 1940 mural by Peppino Mangravite depicting scenes from the history of Jackson Heights.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]