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United States Post Office (Morrisania, Bronx)

Coordinates: 40°49′48″N 73°54′32″W / 40.83000°N 73.90889°W / 40.83000; -73.90889
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US Post Office-Morrisania
The Morrisania Post Office in September 2014.
United States Post Office (Morrisania, Bronx) is located in New York City
United States Post Office (Morrisania, Bronx)
United States Post Office (Morrisania, Bronx) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Morrisania, Bronx)
United States Post Office (Morrisania, Bronx) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Morrisania, Bronx)
Location442 E. 167th St., Morrisania, Bronx
Coordinates40°49′48″N 73°54′32″W / 40.83000°N 73.90889°W / 40.83000; -73.90889
Arealess than one acre
Built1936
ArchitectU.S. Treasury Dept.; Foster, William Dewey
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002458[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

US Post Office-Morrisania -- originally Station "T" -- is a historic post office building located at Morrisania in The Bronx, New York, United States. It was built in 1936, and designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster for the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two-story, five bay wide brick building with a hipped roof and a one bay recessed wing in the Colonial Revival style. It features an arcade of five recessed brick round arches with limestone keystones.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Morrisania Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-01. See also: "Accompanying five photos".