United States Post Office (Forest Hills, Queens)

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US Post Office-Forest Hills Station
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Forest Hills Station, May 2009
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Location10628 Queens Blvd., [1]
Forest Hills, Queens
Coordinates 40°43′18″N73°50′50″W / 40.72167°N 73.84722°W / 40.72167; -73.84722 Coordinates: 40°43′18″N73°50′50″W / 40.72167°N 73.84722°W / 40.72167; -73.84722
Arealess than one acre
Built1937
ArchitectLorimer Rich, Sten Jacobsson
Architectural styleInternational Style
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No. 88002503 [2]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

US Post Office-Forest Hills Station is a historic post office building located at Forest Hills in Queens County, New York, United States. It was built in 1937, and was designed by architect Lorimer Rich as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one-story flat roofed building clad with reddish brown terra cotta above a base of granite in the International style. It features exterior terra cotta relief sculptures by artist Sten Jacobsson. [3]

The post office is located on the eastbound frontage road of Queens Boulevard (the former Hoffman Boulevard) on the southwest corner of 70th Avenue across from MacDonald Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [2]

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  1. Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-01.Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Forest Hills Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying four photographs