Old Glen Cove Post Office

Old Glen Cove Post Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Old Glen Cove Post Office, April 2011
Location	51 Glen St., Glen Cove, New York
Coordinates	40°51′50″N 73°37′46″W / 40.86389°N 73.62944°WCoordinates: 40°51′50″N 73°37′46″W / 40.86389°N 73.62944°W
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1905, 1915
Architect	Stephen Voorhees
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference #	10000957[1]
Added to NRHP	November 29, 2010

Old Glen Cove Post Office is a historic post office building located at Glen Cove in Nassau County, New York. It was designed by Stephen Voorhees, then with the architecture firm Eidlitz & McKenzie, and built in 1905. It is a three-story Tudor Revival influenced building. It measures 36 feet wide and 70 feet deep, with a rear addition constructed in 1915. The first floor facade is brick, while the two upper stories have applied timbers with stucco infill and French casement windows. The original Glen Cove Post Office building was replaced with the existing building on 2 Glen Street in 1932. The old post office is now the headquarters of the Smiros & Smiros architectural firm.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 11/29/10 through 12/03/10. National Park Service. 2010-12-10.
2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-01. Note: This includes Laura Smiros, Glen Cordova, and Erik Alschuler (July 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Old Glen Cove Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-02-01. and Accompanying photographs