US Post Office-Morrisania
Also known as: Morrisania Post Office
Why it's listed
Morrisania Station Post Office is a two-story, five-bay red brick building at 442 East 167th Street in the Bronx, originally called Station "T." Designed in 1934 and completed in 1936, it was one of five postal stations built in the borough to serve a newly enlarged population, as part of federal work projects during the Great Depression. William Dewey Foster, a private architect hired as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, designed it in a simplified Colonial Revival style. The ground floor has an arcade of five recessed round arches with limestone keystones, topped by a limestone beltcourse inscribed "United States Post Office," and a hip roof. Inside, the lobby keeps some original stone, plaster, metal and terrazzo, though the screenline and lockboxes are modern. The building retains its exterior integrity and is a typical example of Foster's postal work and of 1930s post office design in New York City.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues it is an intact, representative example of federal architecture produced by Depression-era public works programs. It is a refined Colonial Revival design by consulting architect William Dewey Foster for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury. It shows typical 1930s post office traits such as a symmetrical facade, central entrance and brick-and-limestone detailing, plus an arcaded ground floor shared with several other New York City stations.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 88002458, listed November 17, 1988. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 442 E. 167th St., New York |
|---|---|
| County | The Bronx |
| Listed | November 17, 1988 |
| Reference number | 88002458 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1900- (specific date 1936) |
| Architect / builder | William Dewey Foster, Consulting Architect |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| Areas of significance | Politics/Government, Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition listed as good and altered; the building retains exterior integrity and, to a lesser extent, interior integrity. It is listed as occupied government use. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 40.82986, -73.90898 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 88002458.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q14707567
- This listing as JSON
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