United States Post Office (Bay Shore, New York) Explained

US Post Office-Bay Shore
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Location:10 Bay Shore Avenue, Bay Shore, NY
Coordinates:40.7231°N -73.2447°W
Architect:Louis A. Simon & Wheeler Williams
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 17, 1988
Refnum:88002455

Bay Shore Post Office, the U.S. post office in Bay Shore, New York, is located at 10 Bay Shore Avenue just north of Main Street. It serves the ZIP code 11706, as well as Kismet, Saltaire, Dunewood, Fair Harbor, and Point O'Woods, on Fire Island.

Bay Shore Post Office was designed by Louis A. Simon and artist Wheeler Williams. Unlike Simon's work on the Post Office buildings in Northport, Riverhead, and Westhampton Beach, Bay Shore Post Office was not designed in conjunction with the United States Treasury Department.[1]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988,[2] unlike other Simon-built Post Offices in Suffolk County that were added in 1989.

Names acceptable to Post Office for Zip Code 11706
Names not acceptable to Post Office for Zip Code 11706[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: U.S. Post Office - Bay Shore, New York. November 1986. 2010-02-20 . Larry E. Gobrecht. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying four photos.
  2. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/Suffolk/state5.html Suffolk County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places.COM, a private website
  3. Web site: Zip Code Lookup.