United States Post Office (Jackson Heights, Queens) Explained

US Post Office-Jackson Heights Station
Location:7802 37th Ave.,[1]
Jackson Heights, Queens
Coordinates:40.7492°N -73.8875°W
Built:1936
Architect:Benjamin C. Flournoy, Peppino Mangravite
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 17, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002504

US Post Office-Jackson Heights Station is a historic post office building located at Jackson Heights in Queens County, New York, United States. The original section was built in 1936–1937, and was designed by architect Benjamin C. Flournoy (1876-ca. 1939) as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. The original section is a symmetrically massed one story brick building with a nine bay wide principal facade in the Colonial Revival style. It features a three bay entrance pavilion with four simple brick Doric order pilasters which support a limestone triangular pediment. The building was extended four bays to the east in 1964. The interior features a 1940 mural by Peppino Mangravite depicting scenes from the history of Jackson Heights.[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: Jackson Heights Station Post Office . 2016-04-01 . Larry E. Gobrecht . PDF . November 1986 . and Accompanying four photographs