United States Post Office Lenox Hill Station, historic post office in Manhattan, New York
The United States Post Office Lenox Hill Station is a three-story post office on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at East 70th Street between Second and Third Avenues. The building was constructed in 1935 and features Colonial Revival architecture with a brick facade, limestone trim, and detailed ornaments including carved eagles and bronze lamps flanking the entrance.
The post office was constructed in 1935 during the Great Depression when the federal government built dozens of new postal facilities in Manhattan to create jobs and support communities. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 and is recognized as one of the finest examples of Colonial Revival architecture used for a postal facility in New York State.
The post office takes its name from the Lenox Hill neighborhood on the Upper East Side where it stands. The lobby still displays original bronze grilles at the teller windows and Greek-inspired furniture that reflect how mail service was once considered an important part of civic life.
The post office is conveniently located in the heart of the Upper East Side between two major avenues on a busy street with many shops and residential buildings. The entrance with wide steps and bronze doors is easy to spot, and the lobby with marble floors and columns provides a functional space for postal services.
The building retains its original bronze teller counters with glass tops decorated in Greek-inspired patterns, a rarity in modern postal facilities. It was also designed by Eric Kebbon, an architect who designed many schools in New York City and whose postal buildings are considered exemplary public architecture from that era.
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