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United States Post Office (Rockville Centre, New York)

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
88002425

Phone
  
+1 800-275-8777

Built
  
1937

Opened
  
1937

Added to NRHP
  
11 May 1989

United States Post Office (Rockville Centre, New York)

Location
  
250 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, New York

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

Address
  
250 Merrick Rd, Rockville Centre, NY 11570, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–1PMSaturday9AM–1PMSundayClosedMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSuggest an edit

Architectural styles
  
Art Deco, Colonial Revival architecture

Similar
  
Barclays Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Hotel Pennsylvania, Madison Square Garden, New York Botanical Garden

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 and titled "The Pleasures of Bathing."

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

References

United States Post Office (Rockville Centre, New York) Wikipedia