United States Post Office (Glen Cove, New York)
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US Post Office-Glen Cove is a historic post office
building located at 2 Glen Cove Avenue(although the NRHP lists it as Glen Cove Street) and Bridge Street in Glen Cove
in the town of Oyster Bay
, Nassau County, New York
, United States
. It was built in 1932 as a replacement for the Old Glen Cove Post Office on 51 Glen Street, which is now the headquarters of the Smiros & Smiros architectural firm, and was also added to the NRHP November 29, 2010. The current post office was designed by consulting architects Delano and Aldrich
for the Office of the Supervising Architect
. 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.
It was listed on 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...
building located at 2 Glen Cove Avenue(although the NRHP lists it as Glen Cove Street) and Bridge Street in Glen Cove
Glen Cove, New York
Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 26,964....
in the town of Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay (town), New York
The Town of Oyster Bay is easternmost of the three towns in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County that extends from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the town population was...
, Nassau County, New York
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was built in 1932 as a replacement for the Old Glen Cove Post Office on 51 Glen Street, which is now the headquarters of the Smiros & Smiros architectural firm, and was also added to the NRHP November 29, 2010. The current post office was designed by consulting architects Delano and Aldrich
William Adams Delano
William Adams Delano , an American architect, was a partner with Chester Holmes Aldrich in the firm of Delano & Aldrich. The firm worked in the Beaux-Arts tradition for elite clients in New York City, Long Island and elsewhere, building townhouses, country houses, clubs, banks and buildings for...
for the Office of the 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....
. It is a small one story, brick building with marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
trim in the Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival architecture
The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...
style. The front facade features three tall brick arches flanked by Doric order
Doric order
The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.-History:...
marble pilasters.
It was listed on 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.