United States Post Office (Jamaica, Queens)

US Post Office-Jamaica Main is a historic post office building located at the northwest corner of 164th Street and 89th Avenue in Jamaica in Queens County, New York, United States. It serves the 11432 ZIP Code. It was built in 1932–1934, and is one of two post offices in New York City designed by the architects Cross & Cross as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two-story brick building on a light gray granite base with marble trim in the Colonial Revival style. It features a handsome marble portico supported by four Ionic order columns.[3]

Jamaica NY 11432
US Post Office-Jamaica Main
The front entrance of the Main Post office in Jamaica, Queens on 164th Street.
Location8840 164th St.,[1]
Jamaica, Queens
Coordinates40°42′27.5″N 73°47′51″W
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1932
ArchitectCross & Cross; U.S. Treasury Department
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002335[2]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[2]

References
  1. Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 1, 2016.
  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: Jamaica Main Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying four photographs


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