United States Post Office - Moorestown Historic District - Moorestown, NJ
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
N 39° 58.029 W 074° 56.594
18S E 504847 N 4424112
This is one of two government structures (the other being a fire station) located on Chester Avenue which contributes to the Moorestown Historic District. Comparatively speaking, this structure is very new.
Waymark Code: WM41X4
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 37

Located at 200 Chester Avenue in downtown Moorestown, this is one of 351 contributing buildings/structures to this historic district.

The Department of the Interior sent me the following narrative/information on this house:
"c.1935. 1-story Colonial Revival brick building trimmed with terra cotta. Molded brick watertable. Central entrance, terra cotta frontispiece of engaged Doric columns, full entablature, glazed door. 12/12 double hung windows, inner two with flat terra cotta lintels and terra cotta sills, outer two with brick jack-arch lintels, terra cotta keystones, and terra cotta sills. Dentiled brick and terra cotta cornice. c.1970 brick addition to north. - Contributing.

Located on a tree-lined residential street, I saw an amazing amount of local foot traffic coming to and fro. Parking is restricted to curbside, with a 15 minute limit. Address: 200 Chester Avenue Moorestown, NJ 08057 Phone (856): 800-275-8777 Current Window Hrs: Mon-Fri 8:30AM-4:30PM; Sat 9AM-1PM Beginning June 7 Mon-Fri - Window open 9am-6pm Sat - Window open 9am-1pm Current Lobby Hours: Mon-Fri 6AM-5:30PM; Sat 6AM-4:30PM Beginning June 7 Mon-Fri 6am-6pm Sat 6am-1pm

Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Moorestown Historic District

Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]

Address:
200 Chester Avenue Moorestown, NJ 08057


How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Other (Please explain in the Private Message field)

NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): Not listed

Optional link to narrative or database: Not listed

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