United States Post Office (Jackson Heights, Queens)


US Post Office-Jackson Heights Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	7802 37th Ave.,^[1] Jackson Heights, Queens
Coordinates	40°44′57″N 73°53′15″W / 40.74917°N 73.88750°W / 40.74917; -73.88750Coordinates: 40°44′57″N 73°53′15″W / 40.74917°N 73.88750°W / 40.74917; -73.88750
Area	less than one acre
Built	1936
Architect	Benjamin C. Flournoy, Peppino Mangravite
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference #	88002504^[2]
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.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[2]

References

↑ Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 1, 2016.
1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jackson Heights Station Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying four photographs

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