US Post Office-Forest Hills Station is a historic post office building located at Forest Hills in Queens County, New York, United States. It was built in 1937, and was designed by architect Lorimer Rich as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one-story flat roofed building clad with reddish brown terra cotta above a base of granite in the International style. It features exterior terra cotta relief sculptures by artist Sten Jacobsson.[3]
US Post Office-Forest Hills Station | |
 Forest Hills Station, May 2009 | |
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| Location | 10628 Queens Blvd.,[2] Forest Hills, Queens |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′18″N 73°50′50″W / 40.72167°N 73.84722°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Lorimer Rich, Sten Jacobsson |
| Architectural style | International Style |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002503[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 17, 1988 |
The post office is located on the eastbound frontage road of Queens Boulevard (the former Hoffman Boulevard) on the southwest corner of 70th Avenue across from MacDonald Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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- ^ 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)". 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: Forest Hills Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying four photographs
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