United States Post Office (Rockville Centre, New York)

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US Post Office-Rockville Centre
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Rockville Centre Post Office as seen from across Merrick Road
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Location250 Merrick Road,
Rockville Centre, New York
Coordinates 40°39′22″N73°38′48″W / 40.65611°N 73.64667°W / 40.65611; -73.64667
Arealess than one acre
Built1937
ArchitectWilliam Dewey Foster
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Art Deco
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No. 88002425 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

US Post Office-Rockville Centre is a historic post office building located at Rockville Centre in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. It was built in 1937 and designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster (1890-1958) for the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one-story building clad with brick and trimmed in limestone in the Colonial Revival style. It features an Art Deco style grill above the main entrance doors. The lobby features four irregularly shaped murals by Victor White painted in 1939 of various local historic scenes." [2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved March 1, 2016.Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Rockville Centre Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved March 1, 2016. and Accompanying seven photographs