US Post Office-Garden City
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Garden City Post Office, June 2010
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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°WCoordinates: 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 # | 88002521 |
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." 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.
Dedicated by Henry Morgenthau Jr. and James A. Farley; 1936
Named for John W. Wydler; 1987
The original flagpole base