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United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

Coordinates: 40°42′7″N 73°56′28.5″W / 40.70194°N 73.941250°W / 40.70194; -73.941250
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US Post Office-Metropolitan Station
United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn) is located in New York City
United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
Location47 Debevoise St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Coordinates40°42′7″N 73°56′28.5″W / 40.70194°N 73.941250°W / 40.70194; -73.941250
Arealess than one acre
Built1936
ArchitectU.S. Treasury Dept.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002462[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

US Post Office-Metropolitan Station, originally known as Station "A," is a historic post office building located at Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It was 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. The building is a two-story, flat roofed brick building with a three bay wide central pavilion flanked by three bay wide wings in the Colonial Revival style.[2] A contributing architect is believed to be Lorimer Rich.

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

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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: Metropolitan Station Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-01. See also: "Accompanying four photos".