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US Post Office-Garden City
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Garden City Post Office, June 2010
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| Location: | 600 Franklin Street, Garden City, New York |
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| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1936 |
| Architect: | Walker & Gillette; Johnson, J. Theodore |
| Architectural style: | Classical Revival |
| Governing body: | U.S. Postal Service |
| MPS: | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP Reference#: | 88002521[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | May 11, 1989 |
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).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]