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US Post Office-Forest Hills Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Forest Hills Station, May 2009
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Location	10628 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, Queens
Coordinates	40°43′18″N 73°50′50″W / 40.72167°N 73.84722°W / 40.72167; -73.84722
Area	less than one acre
Built	1937
Architect	Lorimer Rich, Sten Jacobsson
Architectural style	International Style
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.	88002503
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1988

US Post Office-Forest Hills Station is a historic post office building located at Forest Hills in Queens County, New York, United States. It was built in 1937, and was designed by architect Lorimer Rich as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one-story flat roofed building clad with reddish brown terra cotta above a base of granite in the International style. It features exterior terra cotta relief sculptures by artist Sten Jacobsson.

The post office is located on the eastbound frontage road of Queens Boulevard (the former Hoffman Boulevard) on the southwest corner of 70th Avenue across from MacDonald Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

Media related to United States Post Office (Forest Hills, Queens) at Wikimedia Commons

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 1, 2016.
3. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Forest Hills Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying four photographs

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