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United States Post Office (Rockville Centre, New York)

US Post Office-Rockville Centre
USPO Rockville Centre, New York (Front View).JPG
Rockville Centre Post Office as seen from across Merrick Road
United States Post Office (Rockville Centre, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Rockville Centre, New York)
United States Post Office (Rockville Centre, New York) is located in the US
United States Post Office (Rockville Centre, New York)
Location 250 Merrick Road,
Rockville Centre, New York
Coordinates 40°39′22″N 73°38′48″W / 40.65611°N 73.64667°W / 40.65611; -73.64667Coordinates: 40°39′22″N 73°38′48″W / 40.65611°N 73.64667°W / 40.65611; -73.64667
Area less than one acre
Built 1937
Architect Foster, William Dewey; White, Victor
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Art Deco
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002425
Added to NRHP May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Rockville Centre is a historic post office building located at Rockville Centre in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. It was built in 1937 and designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster (1890-1958) for the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one story building clad with brick and trimmed in limestone in the Colonial Revival style. It features an Art Deco style grill above the main entrance doors. The lobby features four irregularly shaped murals by Victor White painted in 1939 and titled "The Pleasures of Bathing."

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.



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