Hempstead Post Office (Hempstead, New York)

USA / New York / Hempstead / Hempstead, New York / Fulton Avenue, 200
 post office, Colonial Revival (architecture)
Designed c. 1932 by consulting architects Tooker & Marsh for the Office of the Supervising Architect. As a WPA project, the interior contains a mural by Peppino Mangravite depicting the arrival of the British dirigible R34 at Roosevelt Flying Field, Mineola, NY, on July 6, 1919; completing the first east/west non-stop transatlantic air crossing (and carrying the first transatlantic air mail). Mangravite began painting the mural in 1936 and it was installed in 1937.

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Coordinates:   40°42'26"N   73°37'42"W
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