United States Post Office (Flushing, Queens) Explained

US Post Office-Flushing Main
Location:4165 Main St.,[1]
Flushing, Queens
Coordinates:40.7564°N -73.8283°W
Built:1932
Architect:Dwight James Baum, William W. Knowles
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 17, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002507

US Post Office-Flushing Main is a historic post office building located at Flushing in Queens County, New York, United States. It was designed and built between 1932 and 1934 by architect Dwight James Baum and William W. Knowles as consulting architects to the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a symmetrically massed, two-story steel frame building clad in oversize handmade red brick with marble trim in the Colonial Revival style. Its main facade features an entrance portico consisting of six Ionic columns that support a full pedimented entablature. The interior features a mural executed in 1933-34 by Vincent Aderente.[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: Flushing Main Post Office . 2016-04-01 . Larry E. Gobrecht . PDF . November 1986 . and Accompanying three photographs