United States Post Office (Canal Street Station)

The United States Post Office Canal Street Station, originally known as "Station B", is a historic post office building located at 350 Canal Street at the corner of Church Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1937, and designed by consulting architect Alan Balch Mills for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury.

United States Post Office
Canal Street Station
Canal Street Station, February 2009
Location350 Canal Street,
Tribeca, Manhattan,
New York City
Coordinates40°43′14″N 74°0′14″W
Area1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built1937
ArchitectAlan Balch Mills
Wheeler Williams (interior relief)
Architectural styleArt Moderne
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002358[1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1989

The building is a two-story and symmetrically massed, clad with buff terra cotta panels with a black terra cotta base in the Moderne style. It features a fluted terra cotta frieze with a tarnished silver finish.[2] According to the AIA Guide to New York City, "[t]he articularted inset bay windows on Church Streets are a wonderful mannerism ... [that] give[s] the allusion of scanning the streets north and south, and add plasticity to the building."[3] The interior features a relief executed in 1938 by artist Wheeler Williams and titled "Indian Bowman."[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

See also
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in New York County, New York

References

Notes

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Canal Street Station Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-01. See also: "Accompanying seven photos".
  3. White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot & Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7. p.81



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