{"nrhp_refnum":"88002347","name":"US Post Office-Long Beach","other_names":["Long Beach Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 E. Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Long Beach","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.588795195000046,"lon":-73.66050032599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story red brick post office with a mezzanine and basement at 101 East Park Avenue in Long Beach, Nassau County, New York, designed in 1936-37 under the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","why_significant":"It is an intact, representative example of a Depression-era federal public works building in the Colonial Revival style. Its design is unique among New York State post offices, with a seven-bay facade, gabled end pavilions and rusticated limestone piers. It also contains a well-preserved 1939 Section of Fine Arts mural by Jon Corbino.","narrative":"Long Beach's post office at 101 East Park Avenue is a one-story red brick building laid in Flemish bond, with a mezzanine and basement. Built in 1936-37 to designs from the office of Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon, it was one of 136 new post offices and extensions planned for New York State under the 1931 amendment to the Public Buildings Act of 1926, a Depression-era public works measure. The Colonial Revival design has a symmetrical seven-bay facade, a central gable roof with slate shingles, gabled end pavilions, limestone lintels and roundels, and rusticated limestone piers. A wide bluestone terrace with original iron railings fronts the entrance. Inside, the lobby has quarry tile floors and wainscoting, plaster walls and original hanging lamps. Above the postmaster's office is a 1939 mural by Jon Corbino showing beachgoers and boardwalk scenes, commissioned by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. The building is considered unique in New York State.","period_of_significance":"1936-7; 1939","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and publicly owned; the form states the building retains integrity on both exterior and interior, though it is marked altered, with a wheelchair entrance added at the western end of the terrace.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.674094-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002347.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002347/46d22ee109-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002347/46d22ee109-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USPO_Long_Beach_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USPO_Long_Beach_jeh.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313725","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Long_Beach,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890995"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/us-post-office-long-beach-88002347/"}