{"nrhp_refnum":"88002504","name":"US Post Office-Jackson Heights Station","other_names":["Jackson Heights Station"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"78-02 37th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.749212931000045,"lon":-73.88743873299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick Colonial Revival post office at 78-02 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, designed and built in 1936-37 with a 1964 rear and side extension.","why_significant":"The building is an intact, representative example of federal architecture produced by Depression-era public works programs. It was designed by consulting architect Benjamin C. Flournoy for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury. It also holds a 1940 mural by Peppino Mangravite commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.","narrative":"Jackson Heights Station Post Office, at 78-02 37th Avenue in Queens, is a one-story brick building with a symmetrical nine-bay facade. A three-bay entrance pavilion with four brick Doric pilasters supports a limestone pediment, and the doorway has fluted Doric columns, a fanlight and a cast-metal eagle. Built in 1936-37, it was designed by consulting architect Benjamin C. Flournoy under the Treasury's Office of the Supervising Architect, and it reflects Colonial Revival forms common to federal buildings of the period. It was one of six post offices built in Queens during the 1930s as part of New Deal employment efforts, serving a neighborhood that grew from farm fields into a dense residential area. Inside, the lobby keeps some original terrazzo and plaster, and a 1940 mural by Peppino Mangravite, titled Development of Jackson Heights, hangs above the station manager's office door. A 1964 extension altered the rear and east side, but the exterior remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1936-7; 1940","architect_builder":"Benjamin C. Flourney (Flournoy), Consulting Architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a government post office; altered by a 1964 addition and modern lobby fittings, but retains exterior integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.113131-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002504.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002504/8133177d8f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002504/8133177d8f-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jackson_Heights_USPS_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jackson_Heights_USPS_jeh.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000059","name":"Jackson Heights Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/jackson-heights-historic-district-99000059/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314458","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Jackson_Heights,_Queens)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890977"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/us-post-office-jackson-heights-station-88002504/"}