United States Post Office (Rockville Centre, New York)
US Post Office-Rockville Centre | |
.JPG) Rockville Centre Post Office as seen from across Merrick Road | |
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| Location | 250 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°39′22″N 73°38′48″W / 40.65611°N 73.64667°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Foster, William Dewey; White, Victor |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Art Deco |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002425[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
US Post Office-Rockville Centre is a historic post office building located at Rockville Centre in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. It was built in 1937 and designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster (1890-1958) for the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one-story building clad with brick and trimmed in limestone in the Colonial Revival style. It features an Art Deco style grill above the main entrance doors. The lobby features four irregularly shaped murals by Victor White painted in 1939 of various local historic scenes."[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Rockville Centre Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying seven photographs
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- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Government buildings completed in 1937
- Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state)
- Rockville Centre, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Hempstead (town), New York
- Nassau County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs