United States Post Office (Far Rockaway, Queens)

Coordinates: 40°36′12″N 73°45′3″W / 40.60333°N 73.75083°W / 40.60333; -73.75083
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US Post Office-Far Rockaway
MPS
US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002500[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

US Post Office-Far Rockaway is a historic

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.[1]

References

Media related to United States Post Office (Far Rockaway, Queens) at Wikimedia Commons

  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: Far Rockaway Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying three photographs