United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
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.[2] A contributing architect is believed to be Lorimer Rich.
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| Location | 47 Debevoise St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′7″N 73°56′28.5″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | U.S. Treasury Dept. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002462[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 17, 1988 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
Media related to United States Post Office (Metropolitan Station) at Wikimedia Commons
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Metropolitan Station Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-01. See also: "Accompanying four photos".
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