United States Post Office (Jamaica, Queens)

	US Post Office-Jamaica Main
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The front entrance of the Main Post office in Jamaica, Queens on 164th Street.
Location	8840 164th St.,; Jamaica, Queens
Coordinates	40°42′27.5″N 73°47′51″W / 40.707639°N 73.79750°W
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1932
Architect	Cross & Cross; U.S. Treasury Department
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.	88002335
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1988

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]

The building in 2007 was renamed in honor of Clarence L. Irving.^[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 1, 2016.
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". cris.parks.ny.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
^ "Biographical Description for The HistoryMakers® Video Oral History with Clarence Irving, Sr" (PDF). www.thehistorymakers.org. Retrieved April 1, 2024.

External links

Map and Business Hours - USPS website

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 1, 2016.

[NysNrhpNom-3] "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". cris.parks.ny.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-01.

[4] "Biographical Description for The HistoryMakers® Video Oral History with Clarence Irving, Sr" (PDF). www.thehistorymakers.org. Retrieved April 1, 2024.

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