United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

US Post Office-Metropolitan Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	47 Debevoise St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Coordinates	40°42′7″N73°56′28.5″W / 40.70194°N 73.941250°W / 40.70194; -73.941250
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

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ^[1]

References

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1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. 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 October 1, 2010.See also: "Accompanying four photos".