James Farley Post Office

Manhattan, United States

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Designed by McKim, Mead & White and completed in 1914, the James Farley Post Office is a monumental Beaux-Arts structure occupying a full block at 421 Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, between 31st and 33rd Streets, directly across from Pennsylvania Station. Originally called Pennsylvania Terminal before becoming the General Post Office Building, it was renamed in 1982 to honor James Farley, the nation's 53rd postmaster general. The building's most striking feature is its grand colonnade of Corinthian columns along the Eighth Avenue facade, crowned with pavilions at each end to echo Pennsylvania Station's classical design. Above the colonnade runs an entablature bearing the famous postal service creed—"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"—while the colonnade's ceiling displays the emblems of ten major nations. An annex was added between 1932 and 1935. Long the city's primary postal facility, the building was designated a New York City landmark in 1966 and now houses the Moynihan Train Hall and office space.

Architect

McKim, Mead & White

Movement

Beaux-Arts

Built: 1914
Type: post office
Heritage: New York State Register of Historic Places listed place, New York City Landmark
Place: Manhattan, United States

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