{"nrhp_refnum":"88002521","name":"US Post Office-Garden City","other_names":["Garden City Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"600 Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Garden City","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.724692522000055,"lon":-73.63409774299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick post office at 600 Franklin Avenue in Garden City, Nassau County, New York, designed in 1935 and built in 1936 by the firm Walker and Gillette with Perry Duncan as associate.","why_significant":"It is a sophisticated example of restrained Neoclassical public architecture and one of a small number of New York post offices designed by private architects for the Supervising Architect of the Treasury. It was built during the Depression-era public buildings program. Its lobby also holds a well-preserved 1937 mural by J. Theodore Johnson, commissioned by the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture.","narrative":"Garden City's post office is a one-story brick building on Franklin Avenue, the village's main commercial street. Authorized in 1931 and built in 1936, it was designed by the New York City firm Walker and Gillette with associate Perry Duncan, as part of Depression-era public building programs meant to ease unemployment. Its design is restrained and symmetrical, with recessed central bays, a granite entrance frame, a cast metal eagle above the doors, multi-paned windows and almost no cornice. Inside, the lobby has gray marble wainscoting, black and white terrazzo floors, plaster walls and a Greek fret cornice. A 1937 mural by J. Theodore Johnson, titled Huckleberry Frolic, depicts a local harvest festival scene. It was commissioned through the Treasury Department's art program. The building is valued as a refined example of 1930s post office design and for its well-preserved interior and artwork.","period_of_significance":"1936; 1937","architect_builder":"Walker and Gillette with Perry Duncan, Associate","architectural_style":"Neoclassical/Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied government building; the form reports good condition, with high integrity inside and out, modern lighting and a partly altered screenline.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.690139-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002521.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002521/f192dfd0cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002521/f192dfd0cf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USPO_Garden_City_NY_-_Front_Doors.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:USPO_Garden_City_NY_-_Front_Doors.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313733","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Garden_City,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890956"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/us-post-office-garden-city-88002521/"}