United States Post Office (Jackson Heights, Queens)

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US Post Office-Jackson Heights Station
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United States Post Office (Jackson Heights, Queens) is located in New York City
United States Post Office (Jackson Heights, Queens)
Location7802 37th Ave.,[2]
Jackson Heights, Queens
Coordinates40°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
Arealess than one acre
Built1936
ArchitectBenjamin C. Flournoy, Peppino Mangravite
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002504[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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 (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.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. 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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