United States Post Office (Garden City, New York)

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).

US Post Office-Garden City
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Garden City Post Office, June 2010
Show map of New York Show map of the United States
Location	600 Franklin Street, Garden City, New York
Coordinates	40°43′25.8″N 73°38′02.1″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

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

Image gallery

• 
  Dedicated by Henry Morgenthau Jr. and James A. Farley; 1936
• 
  Named for John W. Wydler; 1987
• 
  The original flagpole base

References

1. "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

Media related to United States Post Office (Garden City, New York) at Wikimedia Commons