United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station)

United States Post Office
Knickerbocker Station

Knickerbocker Post Office, April 2009
Location 130 East Broadway, Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates 40°42′50.5″N 73°59′30.8″W / 40.714028°N 73.991889°W / 40.714028; -73.991889Coordinates: 40°42′50.5″N 73°59′30.8″W / 40.714028°N 73.991889°W / 40.714028; -73.991889
Built 1935-37
Architect William Dewey Foster
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002362[1]
Added to NRHP May 11, 1989

The United States Post Office Knickerbocker Station, originally known as "Station B", is a historic post office building located on East Broadway in Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1935-37, and designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. The building is a two to three story, brick building with a mansard roof and granite trim in the Colonial Revival style. The main entrance features a three bay wide pavilion topped by a pediment.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Knickerbocker Station Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-01. See also: "Accompanying three photos".



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