{"nrhp_refnum":"88002499","name":"US Post Office-Hempstead","other_names":["Hempstead Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 Fulton Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hempstead","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.707416429000034,"lon":-73.62817686499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and limestone post office at 200 Fulton Avenue in Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, designed by the New York firm Tooker & Marsh in 1931 and built in 1932-33.","why_significant":"It is an unusually fine example of a federal building combining traditional Neoclassical massing with Art Deco ornamentation. It was among the first post offices in the state designed by a private consulting architect instead of the Treasury's Supervising Architect. It also holds two 1936-37 murals by Peppino Mangravite depicting local history, painted for the Treasury Department's art program.","narrative":"This two-story post office at 200 Fulton Avenue in Hempstead, Long Island, was designed in 1931 by the New York firm Tooker & Marsh and completed in 1932-33. Built of tan, brown and red brick in Flemish bond with limestone trim, it has a projecting central pavilion, symmetrical wings and bronze entrance doors under a carved eagle. Its traditional Neoclassical layout is paired with stylized Art Deco details, including relief panels of muscular figures representing sunlight and lightning. Inside, the lobby has green marble wainscoting, aluminum trim and a terrazzo floor. It also holds two murals by Peppino Mangravite, painted in 1936 and installed in 1937, showing Hempstead settlers in 1640 and an airship delivering mail in 1919. The building was authorized during the Depression, after local lobbying, at a cost of $313,000. It is notable as one of the earliest New York post offices designed by a consulting architect rather than by Treasury staff.","period_of_significance":"1932-3; 1936-7","architect_builder":"Tooker & Marsh","architectural_style":"Neoclassical with Art Deco ornamentation","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition; the exterior and interior retain a high degree of integrity, though some original lobby features have been altered or removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.719842-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002499.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002499/340e069395-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002499/340e069395-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hempstead,_New_York_Post_Office.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hempstead,_New_York_Post_Office.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313721","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Hempstead,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890967"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/us-post-office-hempstead-88002499/"}