United States Post Office (Garden City, New York)
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US Post Office-Garden City | |
| File:USPO Garden City NY - Front Doors.JPG Garden City Post Office, June 2010 | |
| Location | 600 Franklin Street, Garden City, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′25.8″N 73°38′02.1″W / 40.723833°N 73.633917°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | Walker & Gillette; Johnson, J. Theodore |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002521[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
US Post Office-Garden City is a historic post office building located at Garden City in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. It was built in 1936 and designed by consulting architects Walker & Gillette for the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one-story, square brick building on a granite in the Classical Revival style. The lobby features a 1937 mural by J. Theodore Johnson titled "Huckleberry Frolic."[2] On December 24, 1987, the building was named in honor of former Congressman John W. Wydler (1924-1987). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
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Dedicated by Henry Morgenthau Jr. and James A. Farley; 1936
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Named for John W. Wydler; 1987
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The original flagpole base
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Larry E. Gobrecht (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Garden City Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying two photographs
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