United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn) Explained

US Post Office-Metropolitan Station
Location:47 Debevoise St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Coordinates:40.7019°N -73.9413°W
Built:1936
Architect:U.S. Treasury Dept.
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 17, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88002462

US Post Office-Metropolitan Station, originally known as Station "A," is a historic post office building located at Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It was built in 1936, and is one of a number of post offices in New York designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon. The building is a two-story, flat roofed brick building with a three bay wide central pavilion flanked by three bay wide wings in the Colonial Revival style.[1] A contributing architect is believed to be Lorimer Rich.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Metropolitan Station Post Office. November 1986. 2010-10-01 . Larry E. Gobrecht . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying four photos.