{"nrhp_refnum":"82003397","name":"Marine Air Terminal","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"La Guardia Airport","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.77360906900003,"lon":-73.88572843599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A terminal building at La Guardia Airport in Queens, New York, designed in 1939 by William Delano of Delano & Aldrich and dedicated in March 1940. It was built to serve Pan American Clipper seaplanes.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an exceptionally fine example of Art Deco design and the only surviving American airport terminal from the Golden Age of the Flying Boat. It holds the WPA-sponsored mural \"Flight\" by James Brooks. Its circular main room is described as among the most noteworthy Art Deco interiors in New York City.","narrative":"Marine Air Terminal, at La Guardia Airport in Queens, was built in 1939-1940 to handle Pan American Clipper flying boats. Architect William Delano of Delano & Aldrich gave it a circular, tiered core with a rectangular entrance pavilion, two one-story wings, stainless steel details and a terra-cotta frieze of flying fish. Inside, a two-story round room has dark green marble walls, a gray marble floor and a stepped ceiling with a skylight. Beneath the ceiling runs \"Flight,\" a mural about 237 feet long painted by James Brooks in 1940 under the Works Progress Administration. The first Clipper flight left in March 1940 and reached Lisbon in just over 18 hours. The terminal is described as the only surviving American airport terminal from the flying boat era and a fine example of Art Deco design. After the seaplanes became obsolete, it was converted to serve land planes and has stayed in continuous use.","period_of_significance":"1939-1940","architect_builder":"William Delano of Delano & Aldrich","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in continuous use; converted to a land plane terminal and occupied by Butler Aviation and Air New England at the time of nomination. Condition checked as good, altered, original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.475566-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82003397.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003397/386d10e03e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003397/386d10e03e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"karla kaulfuss","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Air_Terminal,_LaGuardia,_facade.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">karla kaulfuss</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Air_Terminal,_LaGuardia,_facade.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321120","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Air_Terminal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6764005"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/marine-air-terminal-82003397/"}