{"nrhp_refnum":"88002393","name":"US Post Office-Oyster Bay","other_names":["Oyster Bay Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Shore Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oyster Bay","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.874157628000034,"lon":-73.53300479099994,"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 two-story Flemish bond brick post office at the corner of Audrey and Shore Avenues in the village of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, built 1935-1937 to designs by the consulting firm Bottomley, Wagner & White.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding example of 1930s Depression-era public architecture in New York State and a sophisticated Colonial Revival design drawing on Georgian buildings of Colonial Virginia. Its corner-facing plan, sited in reference to the town hall across the street, is unusual. It also holds one of the most extensive collections of Treasury Relief Art Project artwork in any New York post office, and it retains high integrity inside and out.","narrative":"Built between 1935 and 1937, this brick post office occupies a curving corner in the village of Oyster Bay on Long Island. William Bottomley's firm, Bottomley, Wagner & White, designed it as one of 136 new or enlarged post offices planned for New York State under Depression-era public works legislation. Its Colonial Revival design borrows from Georgian buildings of Colonial Virginia, including the Flemish bond brickwork, splayed lintels, round windows and a hip roof topped by a cupola. The entrance faces the street corner and the building was planned to answer the town hall across the way. Inside, an octagonal lobby with marble, brass, bronze and terrazzo finishes holds artwork commissioned through the Treasury Relief Art Project: a frescoed ceiling by Abell Sturges, five murals of local history by Ernest Peixotto, relief panels and a bust of Theodore Roosevelt by Leo Lentelli. Original fittings survive largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1935-1937","architect_builder":"Bottomley, Wagner & White, Consulting Architects","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition and occupied; retains its integrity to an exceptionally high degree on exterior and interior. The east wing of the lobby is now unused.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.86682-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002393.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002393/afaff329fc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002393/afaff329fc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Idoysterbay","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oyster_Bay_Post_Office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Idoysterbay</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oyster_Bay_Post_Office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313731","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Oyster_Bay,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891021"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/us-post-office-oyster-bay-88002393/"}