Vickery Gate (Kings Point, New York)

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Vickery Gate is now the main entrance to the academy and is situated near the corner of Steamboat Road and Stepping Stone Lane. The gate was constructed in 1943 and designed by Alfred Hopkins & Associates. The gate consists of two guard rooms on either side (north and south) of Steamboat Road. The two caststone structures are square in plan and are topped by sculpted globe and dolphins atop a stepped base with Federal eagles at each building’s corner.

The words “United States Merchant Marine Academy” in copper lettering are on the east façade of each structure. Both structures have had their original doors removed to allow pedestrians to walk through them, and the original windows have been replaced with anodized-bronze metal windows.

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