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United States Post Office (Cooper Station)

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Built
  
1937

Opened
  
1936

Added to NRHP
  
11 May 1989

NRHP Reference #
  
88002360

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Architect
  
William Dewey Foster

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Location
  
93 4th Avenue Manhattan, New York City

MPS
  
US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR

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The United States Post Office Cooper Station, located at 93 Fourth Avenue, on the corner of East 11th Street in Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1937, and was designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster in the Art Moderne style for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. It serves the 10003 ZIP code, which covers the neighborhood of the East Village. Its sub-station is located on East 3rd Street near Avenue C.

The post office is named in honor of Peter Cooper, the mid-19th century industrialist and philanthropist who founded the nearby The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

  • The fictional character Newman from the television sitcom Seinfeld supposedly worked here. The image of this corner building was used frequently on the show just prior to the beginning of a scene.
  • The WPA era building is listed on the List of Registered Historic Places in New York

    • References

    United States Post Office (Cooper Station) Wikipedia
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