United States Post Office (Long Island City, Queens)
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US Post Office-Long Island City | |
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U.S. Post Office, Long Island City, April 2008 | |
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| Location | 46-02 21st St., Long Island City, Queens |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′44″N 73°56′55″W / 40.74556°N 73.94861°WCoordinates: 40°44′44″N 73°56′55″W / 40.74556°N 73.94861°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Wetmore, James A.; US Treasury Department |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 88002348[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
The Long Island City Post Office is a historic post office building located at Long Island City in Queens County, New York, United States. It was built in 1928, and is one of a number of post offices in New York designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under director James A. Wetmore. The building is a two story, symmetrically massed brick building with limestone trim in the Colonial Revival style. It features a frontispiece with four semi-engaged limestone Ionic order columns that support a pedimented entabulature.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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: Long Island City Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-01. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
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