• Post Office - Garden City NY
    The post office in Garden City, New York was built with federal Treasury Department and Public Works Administration (PWA) funding in 1936. A 1933 article in the Suffolk County News described the PWA allotments for this and other nearby post offices: "Actual allotments for post office buildings in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, amounting to $502,430, have been made by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. This sum will provide three new post office buildings in Suffolk and four in Nassau, as follows: Suffolk—Bay Shore, $71,270; East Hampton, $73,400; Riverhead, $81,000. Nassau—Floral Park, $67,760; Garden City, $84,300; Port Washington, $65,300; Oyster...
  • Post Office Mural - Garden City NY
    The lobby of the post office in Garden City, New York features a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Huckleberry Frolic" painted by J. Theodore Johnson in 1937.
  • Stewart Manor Municipal Building - Garden City NY
    The Village of Stewart Manor received a $16,363 federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant that enabled the construction of the village's Municipal Building in 1936. The total cost of the project was $36,684. The building is still in use today. PWA Docket No. NY 1170.