- City:
- Far Rockaway, New York City, Queens, NY
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Started:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Eric Kebbon
Description
The historic main post office building in Far Rockaway, New York “was built in 1935, and is one of six post offices in New York State designed by architect Eric Kebbon as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a two-story brick building with limestone trim and a low granite base in the Colonial Revival style. Its main façade features a centrally placed polygonal shaped frontispiece with a rounded dome inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. It also has a grand entrance vestibule.” (Wikipedia)
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_%28Far_Rockaway,_Queens%29Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 9, 2013.
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