Joralemon

Joralemon or Joroleman is a surname. Joralemon Street in Brooklyn, New York was named in 1805 for Teunis Joralemon, the first person to own a brick house in Brooklyn.^[1] The classic American mailbox is the Joroleman mailbox, designed in 1915 by a postal employee named Roy J. Joroleman.^[2][3]

Joroleman mailbox, designed in 1915 by Roy J. Joroleman

Notable people with the surname include:

• Dorothy Rieber Joralemon (1893-1987), American sculptor, artist and writer
• Edgar Eugene Joralemon (1858-1937), American architect
• Ira Joralemon (1884-1975), American mining engineer and popular science writer
• Peter David Joralemon, writer on Olmec religion
• Roy J. Joroleman, designer of the Jorolemon mailbox used in the United States

See also

• Joralemon Street in Brooklyn, named for Teunis Joralemon
  • Joralemon Street Tunnel, part of the New York Subway
  • 58 Joralemon Street, an 1847 house and since 1907 a subway vent