United States Post Office (Jamaica, Queens) Explained

US Post Office-Jamaica Main
Location:8840 164th St.,[1]
Jamaica, Queens
Coordinates:40.7076°N -73.7975°W
Built:1932
Architect:Cross & Cross; U.S. Treasury Department
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 17, 1988
Refnum:88002335

US Post Office-Jamaica Main is a historic post office building located at the northwest corner of 164th Street and 89th Avenue in Jamaica in Queens County, New York, United States. It serves the 11432 ZIP Code. It was built in 1932–1934, and is one of two post offices in New York City designed by the architects Cross & Cross as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two-story brick building on a light gray granite base with marble trim in the Colonial Revival style. It features a handsome marble portico supported by four Ionic order columns.[2]

The building in 2007 was renamed in honor of Clarence L. Irving.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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Notes and References

  1. Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 1, 2016.
  2. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . 2024-04-01 . cris.parks.ny.gov.
  3. Web site: Biographical Description for The HistoryMakers® Video Oral History with Clarence Irving, Sr. . April 1, 2024 . www.thehistorymakers.org.