US Post Office-Garden City | |
Location: | 600 Franklin Street, Garden City, New York |
Coordinates: | 40.7238°N -73.6339°W |
Built: | 1936 |
Architect: | Walker & Gillette; Johnson, J. Theodore |
Architecture: | Classical Revival |
Added: | May 11, 1989 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 88002521 |
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."[1] 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.