United States Post Office (Far Rockaway, Queens)


US Post Office-Far Rockaway
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	1836 Mott Ave.,^[1] Far Rockaway, Queens
Coordinates	40°36′12″N 73°45′3″W / 40.60333°N 73.75083°W / 40.60333; -73.75083Coordinates: 40°36′12″N 73°45′3″W / 40.60333°N 73.75083°W / 40.60333; -73.75083
Area	less than one acre
Built	1935
Architect	Kebbon, Eric
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference #	88002500^[2]
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1988

US Post Office-Far Rockaway is a historic post office building located at Far Rockaway in Queens County, New York, United States. It was built in 1935, and is one of six post offices in New York State designed by architect Eric Kebbon as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a two story brick building with limestone trim and a low granite base in the Colonial Revival style. Its main facade features a centrally placed polygonal shaped frontispiece with a rounded dome inspired by Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. It also has a grand entrance vestibule.^[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: Far Rockaway Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying three photographs

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