4. Jackson Heights Post Office

The Jackson Heights States Post Office is located in a Colonial Revival style building on south side of 37th Avenue in Queens. In 1940, a mural, by Peppino Mangravite entitled “Development of Jackson Heights,” was installed in the post office. Mangravite was paid $1,500 his work. He also painted murals for the Atlantic City and Hempstead post offices. Mangravite’s paintings can be found at a number of museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum.