United States Post Office (Flushing, Queens)
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US Post Office-Flushing Main | |
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Flushing Main Post Office, April 2009 | |
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| Location | 41-65 Main St., Flushing, Queens |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′33″N 73°49′43″W / 40.75917°N 73.82861°WCoordinates: 40°45′33″N 73°49′43″W / 40.75917°N 73.82861°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1932 |
| Architect | Baum, Dwight James; Knowles, William W. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 88002507[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 17, 1988 |
US Post Office-Flushing Main is a historic post office building located at Flushing in Queens County, New York, United States. It was designed and built between 1932 and 1934 by architect Dwight James Baum and William W. Knowles as consulting architects to the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a symmetrically massed, two story steel frame building clad in oversize handmade red brick with marble trim in the Colonial Revival style. Its main facade features an entrance portico consisting of six Ionic columns that support a full pedimented entabulature. The interior features a mural executed in 1933-34 by Vincent Aderente.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Flushing Main Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-01. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
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