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US Post Office-Freeport
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Freeport Post Office, June 2009
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Location	132 West Merrick Road, Freeport, New York
Coordinates	40°39′13″N 73°35′10″W / 40.65361°N 73.58611°W / 40.65361; -73.58611
Area	less than one acre
Built	1932
Architect	Tachau & Vought; murals: Gropper, William
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.	88002517
Added to NRHP	May 11, 1989

US Post Office-Freeport is a historic post office building located at Freeport in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. It was built in 1932 and designed by consulting architects Tachau and Vought for the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a two-story, symmetrically massed brick building trimmed in limestone in the Colonial Revival style. It features a three bay wide entrance pavilion with a gable roof. The lobby features two murals by William Gropper installed in 1938 and titled "Air Mail" and "Suburban Post in Winter."

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

• Interior, 2012
• Interior detail: "Suburban Post in Winter", 1938 mural by William Gropper
• Interior detail: "Air Mail", 1938 mural by William Gropper

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Freeport Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying five photographs

External links

Media related to United States Post Office (Freeport, New York) at Wikimedia Commons

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