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United States Post Office (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 / 40.723833; -73.633917
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US Post Office-Garden City
Garden City Post Office, June 2010
United States Post Office (Garden City, New York) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Garden City, New York)
United States Post Office (Garden City, New York) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Garden City, New York)
Location600 Franklin Street,
Garden City, New York
Coordinates40°43′25.8″N 73°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
MPSUS 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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  • Dedicated by Henry Morgenthau Jr. and James A. Farley; 1936
    Dedicated by Henry Morgenthau Jr. and James A. Farley; 1936
  • Named for John W. Wydler; 1987
    Named for John W. Wydler; 1987
  • The original flagpole base
    The original flagpole base

References

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  1. ^ a b "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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