United States Post Office (Madison Square Station)
United States Post Office Madison Square Station | |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002364[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
The United States Post Office Madison Square Station is a historic
Madison Square
but about three blocks east (approximately 1/4 mile) along 23rd Street. The building runs through the block to East 24th Street, where there are loading docks and another much smaller and less formal public entrance.
The building was constructed in 1937, and was designed by
Mercury, jungle drums, mail, carrier pigeon, and smoke signals. The interior features eight murals executed between 1937 and 1939 by artist Kindred McLeary.[3]
The Madison Square Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
Gallery
The central one of the five relief sculptures shows a mailman with mailbags
One of Kindred McLeary's murals, this one from the west wall of the main room
References
Notes
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., p.212
- ^ Gobrecht, Larry E. (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Madison Square Station Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-01. See also: "Accompanying 20 photos".
External links
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