United States Post Office (Far Rockaway, Queens) Explained

US Post Office-Far Rockaway
Location:1836 Mott Ave.,[1]
Far Rockaway, Queens
Coordinates:40.6033°N -73.7508°W
Built:1935
Architect:Kebbon, Eric
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 17, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002500

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 1, 2016.
  2. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2016-04-01. http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/. 2019-04-04. dead. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Far Rockaway Post Office . 2016-04-01 . Larry E. Gobrecht . PDF . November 1986 . and Accompanying three photographs