US Post Office-Metropolitan Station
47 Debevoise Street | also 41 Humboldt Street | East Williamsburg | built 1931
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1936
The Office of the Supervising Architect builds Station "A" post office in Colonial Revival style
Originally called Station "A", this Williamsburg post office went up in 1936. Louis A. Simon's Office of the Supervising Architect produced the design, one of a number of New York post offices from that office. The two-story, flat-roofed brick building has a central pavilion three bays wide with a three-bay wing on each side, and Lorimer Rich is believed to have contributed as an architect.
“…built in 1936, and is one of a number of post offices in New York designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1988
The Station "A" post office is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
In 1988 the Williamsburg post office, known as the Metropolitan Station and originally Station "A", was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Colonial Revival building dates from 1936.
“It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.”
Source: Wikipedia
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