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United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station)

Coordinates: 40°42′50.5″N 73°59′30.8″W / 40.714028°N 73.991889°W / 40.714028; -73.991889
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United States Post Office
Knickerbocker Station
Knickerbocker Post Office, April 2009
United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station) is located in Lower Manhattan
United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station)
United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station) is located in Manhattan
United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station)
United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station) is located in New York City
United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station)
United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station)
United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station)
Location130 East Broadway, Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°42′50.5″N 73°59′30.8″W / 40.714028°N 73.991889°W / 40.714028; -73.991889
Built1935-37
ArchitectWilliam Dewey Foster
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002362[1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

The United States Post Office Knickerbocker Station, originally known as "Station B", is a historic post office building located on East Broadway in Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1935–37, and designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. The building is a two to three story, brick building with a mansard roof and granite trim in the Colonial Revival style. The main entrance features a three bay wide pavilion topped by a pediment.[2]

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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Knickerbocker Station Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-01. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
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