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U.S. Post Office (Riverhead, New York)
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Riverhead Post Office is a United States post office
located at 1210 West Main Street in Riverhead, New York
. It serves the ZIP code
11901, covering all of Riverhead, along with Roanoke, Reeves Park, Centerville, northern Jamesport
, and northwestern Laurel
.
The old Riverhead Post Office was designed by Louis A. Simon
who was Supervising Architect
for the United States Treasury Department. Simon also designed the Post Office buildings in Bay Shore, Northport
, and Westhampton Beach
. According to the Riverhead Town Historian, the land for the Post Office was purchased in 1932, with the building erected in 1935 and dedicated in November of that year. The post office was a depression-era public works project. It is built in a simplified Colonial Revival style.
As with Patchogue and Smithtown's Village of the Branch, Riverhead Post Office was known as a source for obscure postal denominations by Long Island-based stamp collectors
. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1989.
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
located at 1210 West Main Street in Riverhead, New York
Riverhead (CDP), New York
Riverhead is a census-designated place roughly corresponding to the hamlet by the same name located in the town of Riverhead in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island...
. It serves the ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
11901, covering all of Riverhead, along with Roanoke, Reeves Park, Centerville, northern Jamesport
Jamesport, New York
Jamesport is a census-designated place that roughly corresponds to the hamlet by the same name in the town of Riverhead in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The CDP's population was 1,526 at the 2000 census. Jamesport is known for its quaint downtown area including antique shops and...
, and northwestern Laurel
Laurel, New York
Laurel is a census-designated place roughly corresponding to the hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is in the towns of Southold and Riverhead. The population was 1,188 at the 2000 census.- History :...
.
The old Riverhead Post Office was designed by Louis A. Simon
Louis A. Simon
Louis A. Simon was an American architect.Simon was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following a tour of Europe, he opened an architectural office in Baltimore, Maryland in 1894....
who was Supervising Architect
Office of the Supervising Architect
The Office of the Supervising Architect was an agency of the United States Treasury Department that designed federal government buildings from 1852 to 1939....
for the United States Treasury Department. Simon also designed the Post Office buildings in Bay Shore, Northport
U.S. Post Office (Northport, New York)
Northport Post Office, the U.S. post office in Northport, New York, is located at 244 Main Street in Northport, New York. It serves the ZIP code 11768, which also includes Asharoken, Eaton's Neck, Vernon Valley, Middleville, and Fort Salonga....
, and Westhampton Beach
U.S. Post Office (Westhampton Beach, New York)
Westhampton Beach Post Office, the U.S. post office in Westhampton Beach, New York, is located at Main Street and Beach Road in Westhampton Beach, New York. It serves the ZIP code 11978 and is southeast of the Westhampton Post Office....
. According to the Riverhead Town Historian, the land for the Post Office was purchased in 1932, with the building erected in 1935 and dedicated in November of that year. The post office was a depression-era public works project. It is built in a simplified Colonial Revival style.
As with Patchogue and Smithtown's Village of the Branch, Riverhead Post Office was known as a source for obscure postal denominations by Long Island-based stamp collectors
Stamp collecting
Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects. It is one of the world's most popular hobbies, with the number of collectors in the United States alone estimated to be over 20 million.- Collecting :...
. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1989.
External links
- Suffolk County Listings at a private website copying National Register of Historic Places information