Moo Tie Temple and Chinatown post office
13 Mott Street | Chinatown | built 1915
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1918
A Taoist temple at 13 Mott Street doubles as a U.S. post office, with Ng Que as postmaster
The Moo Tie Temple occupies 13 Mott Street from 1918 to 1955, with three altars, a ceremonial drum, a Chinese-style balcony and swallowtail eaves. The same address also works as a United States post office, with Ng Que as postmaster. The Historic District inventory lists the building as a joss house, temple and postal substation.
“From 1918 until 1955, the Moo Tie Temple at 13 Mott Street, with its three altars, ceremonial drum, Chinese-style balcony and swallowtail eaves, served double duty as a United States Post Office…”
Source: National Register nomination
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