- City:
- Port Washington, NY
- Site Type:
- Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Public Works Funding, Treasury Department, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1935
- Designer:
- Frank T. Cornell
- Contractor:
- A. J. Paretta Contracting Co. Inc.
Description
The historic New Deal post office in Port Washington was built in 1934-5 with joint support from the federal Treasury Department and the Public Works Administration (PWA). A 1933 article in the Suffolk County News described the PWA allotments for this and other nearby post offices:
“Actual allotments for post office buildings in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, amounting to $502,430, have been made by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. This sum will provide three new post office buildings in Suffolk and four in Nassau, as follows: Suffolk—Bay Shore, $71,270; East Hampton, $73,400; Riverhead, $81,000. Nassau—Floral Park, $67,760; Garden City, $84,300; Port Washington, $65,300; Oyster Bay, $59,430.”
Source notes
Save the Post Office: https://www.savethepostoffice.com/node/9867
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 29, 2013.
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