United States Post Office (Glen Cove, New York)

U.S. Post Office-Glen Cove is a historic post office building located at 2 Glen Cove Avenue (the NRHP mistakenly has the address as Glen Cove Street) and Bridge Street in the City of Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York, United States. It was built in 1932 during the Great Depression as a replacement for the Old Glen Cove Post Office on 51 Glen Street. The latter, now the headquarters of the Smiros & Smiros architectural firm, was added to the NRHP in 2010.

US Post Office-Glen Cove
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Glen Cove Post Office as seen from NY 107
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Location	2 Glen Cove St., Glen Cove, New York
Coordinates	40°51′46″N 73°38′1″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1932
Architect	Delano & Aldrich
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.	88002525[1]
Added to NRHP	May 11, 1989

The current post office was designed by consulting architects Delano and Aldrich for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Department of Treasury, whose responsibilities then included construction of federal buildings. It is a small one-story, brick building with marble trim in the Colonial Revival style. The front facade features three tall brick arches flanked by Doric order marble pilasters.^[2]

The current Glen Cove Post Office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Glen Cove Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying two photographs

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