United States Post Office (Great Neck, New York) Explained

US Post Office-Great Neck
Location:1 Welwyn Rd., Great Neck Plaza, New York
Coordinates:40.7872°N -73.7231°W
Built:1939
Architect:Foster, William Dewey; Cecere, Gaetano
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:May 11, 1989
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002526

US Post Office-Great Neck is a historic post office building located at Great Neck Plaza in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. It was built in 1939 and designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster (1890-1958) for the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one-story, pentagonal shaped skeletal frame building clad with plucked textured buff limestone in the Classical Revival style. It features a semicircular entrance portico supported by four square columns. Above the entrance is a relief sculpture of an eagle with 13 stars sculpted in 1940 by Gaetano Cecere.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It was designated as a local historical landmark on December 1, 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Great Neck Post Office . 2016-03-01 . Larry E. Gobrecht. PDF. November 1986. and Accompanying six photographs