United States Post Office (Kensington, Brooklyn)

US Post Office-Kensington
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Post Office, Kensington, August 2008
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Location	421 McDonald Ave., Kensington, Brooklyn
Coordinates	40°38′38″N73°58′45″W / 40.64389°N 73.97917°W / 40.64389; -73.97917
Area	less than one acre
Built	1935
Architect	U.S. Treasury Dept.; Rich, Lorimer
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.	88002461 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1988

US Post Office-Kensington is a historic post office building located at Kensington in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It was built in 1935, and designed by consulting architect Lorimer Rich for the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two-story, six bay wide brick building in the Colonial Revival style. For much of its history it was painted white. It features a projecting pedimented wooden portico supported on Doric order piers. ^[2]

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

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kensington Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved October 1, 2010.See also: "Accompanying four photos".