United States Post Office (Garden City, New York)

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US Post Office-Garden City
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Garden City Post Office, June 2010
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Location600 Franklin Street,
Garden City, New York
Coordinates 40°43′25.8″N73°38′02.1″W / 40.723833°N 73.633917°W / 40.723833; -73.633917 Coordinates: 40°43′25.8″N73°38′02.1″W / 40.723833°N 73.633917°W / 40.723833; -73.633917
Arealess than one acre
Built1936
ArchitectWalker & Gillette; Johnson, J. Theodore
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No. 88002521 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 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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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "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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