United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station)
United States Post Office Knickerbocker Station | |
Knickerbocker Post Office, April 2009 | |
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Location | 130 East Broadway, Manhattan, New York City |
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Coordinates: 40°42′50.5″N 73°59′30.8″W / 40.714028°N 73.991889°W | |
Built | 1935-37 |
Architect | William Dewey Foster |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
NRHP Reference # | 88002362[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
The United States Post Office Knickerbocker Station, originally known as "Station B", is a historic post office building located on East Broadway in Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1935-37, and designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. The building is a two to three story, brick building with a mansard roof and granite trim in the Colonial Revival style. The main entrance features a three bay wide pavilion topped by a pediment.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
Notes
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Knickerbocker Station Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-01. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
External links
- Media related to United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station) at Wikimedia Commons
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