- City:
- New York, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
- Started:
- 1935
- Designers:
- Louis A. Simon, William Dewey Foster
Description
The historic Audubon Station post office in New York, New York is located on West 165th Street, between Audubon Ave. and Amsterdam Ave. It was one of many post offices in Manhattan constructed with federal Treasury Department funds during the New Deal era. The post office was initially known as New York, New York’s Station ‘M’ until its redesignation as Audubon Station on April 1, 1947.
The building’s cornerstone dates an initial stage of construction to 1935. The building is still in service.
Source notes
Building cornerstoneSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 15, 2017.
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Anthony Quintiliani
The Audubon Station Post Office embodies the rich historical history of Upper Manhattan/ Washington Heights/ Inwood area of New York City. We need massive governmental building projects in 2020/2021 now also to build our economy with positive social services providing construction developments.