United States Post Office (Old Chelsea Station)

The United States Post Office Old Chelsea Station, originally known as "Station O", is a historic post office building located at 217 West 18th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1935, and designed by consulting architect Eric Kebbon for the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a seven-bay-wide two-story brick building, trimmed in limestone in the Colonial Revival style. The main entrance features a ten light transom, Doric order pilasters, and a blind stone fanlight with carved eagles. The interior features two bas relief cast stone panels of woodland animals titled "Deer" and "Bear" executed in 1938 by artist Paul Fiene.^[2]

United States Post Office Old Chelsea Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
(January 2011)
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Location	217 W. 18th St. Manhattan, New York
Coordinates	40°44′30″N 73°59′56″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1935
Architect	Kebbon, Eric; Fiene, Paul
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.	88002365[1]
Added to NRHP	May 11, 1989

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