United States Post Office (Cooper Station)

The United States Post Office Cooper Station, located at 93 Fourth Avenue, on the corner of East 11th Street in Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1937, and was designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster in the Art Moderne style for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. It serves the 10003 ZIP code, which covers the neighborhood of the East Village. Its sub-station is located on East 3rd Street near Avenue C.

United States Post Office
Cooper Station
(2006)
Location93 4th Avenue
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°43′55″N 73°59′24″W
Built1937[1]
ArchitectWilliam Dewey Foster
Architectural styleArt Moderne[1]
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002360
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989[2]

The post office is named in honor of Peter Cooper, the mid-19th century industrialist and philanthropist who founded the nearby The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[2]

  • The fictional character Newman from the television sitcom Seinfeld supposedly worked here. The image of this corner building was used frequently on the show just prior to the beginning of a scene.
  • The WPA era building is listed on the List of Registered Historic Places in New York

References

Notes

  1. White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot & Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.



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