{"nrhp_refnum":"10000957","name":"Glen Cove Post Office","other_names":["Smiros &amp","Smiros, Architects LLP"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"51 Glen St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glen Cove","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.865872996000064,"lon":-73.62912375699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Tudor Revival former post office at 51 Glen Street in Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York, built in 1905 and designed by Stephen Voorhees while with the firm Eidlitz and McKenzie.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A for reflecting Glen Cove's growth and its path to becoming a city in 1917. Under Criterion C it embodies Tudor Revival design, construction and detailing, and is one of two Glen Cove buildings attributed to Voorhees.","narrative":"Built in 1905 at 51 Glen Street, this three-story building served as Glen Cove's post office and now houses offices. Designed by Stephen Voorhees while he was with the New York firm Eidlitz and McKenzie, it follows the Tudor Revival style. The ground floor is red brick, while the upper floors have dark-painted white oak timbers with stucco infill, casement windows, and a steep gable roof of red clay tile. Inside, the third floor once formed a single room with a 25-foot cathedral ceiling supported by exposed timbers and steel tie rods. An Otis freight elevator was added in 1917. The building replaced an older post office and reflects the village's growth from industry, shipping and waterfront estates into a city in 1917. It is also one of two Glen Cove buildings attributed to Voorhees, and its style gave a public building a sense of age and dignity suited to a small community.","period_of_significance":"1905-1932","architect_builder":"Stephen Voorhees","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now used as an office building; the post office function ended and interior partitions were altered, but the structure, stairs and bathrooms are retained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.018366-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000957.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000957/e0b83cfc57-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000957/e0b83cfc57-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Glen_Cove_NY_Post_Office.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Glen_Cove_NY_Post_Office.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319101","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Glen_Cove_Post_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091976"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/glen-cove-post-office-10000957/"}