Tag: Martin E Thompson

The New York City post office back in 1845. Why can’t my post office look like this? Not fair. Martin E. Thompson, architect. Hand colored lithographs.

South interior view of the New York Post Office, Located by authority of the Honorable Charles A. WIckliffe Post Master General and arranged by John Lorimer Graham Esquire Postmaster. February 17, 1845. Isaac Lucas, Superintendant; Martin E. Thompson, Architect. Endicott Lithography Company, New York City, lithographers. Hand-colored tinted lithographed view showing the interior of the converted Middle Dutch Church on Nassau Street as the city’s mail-sorting hub in 1845. Stokes, Volume III, page 297. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/DESIGNER-UNKNOWN-South-Interior-View-of-the-New-York-Post-Of?saleno=2679&lotNo=3&refNo=822697. Also in the collections of the New York City Public Library here https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-7fd7-d471-e040-e00a180654d7
North Interior View of the New York Post Office. Located by authority of the Honorable Charles A. WIckliffe Post Master General and arranged by John Lorimer Graham Esquire Postmaster. February 17, 1845. Isaac Lucas, Superintendant; Martin E. Thompson, Architect. Endicott Lithography Company, New York City, lithographers. Hand-colored tinted lithographed view showing the interior of the converted Middle Dutch Church on Nassau Street as the city’s mail-sorting hub in 1845. Eno Collection of New York City Views, New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e9-0c70-d471-e040-e00a180654d7
Front View of the New York Post Office. Located by authority of the Honorable Charles A. WIckliffe Post Master General and arranged by John Lorimer Graham Esquire Postmaster. February 17, 1845. Isaac Lucas, Superintendant; Martin E. Thompson, Architect. Endicott Lithography Company, New York City, lithographers. Hand-colored tinted lithographed view showing the front view of the converted Middle Dutch Church on Nassau Street as the city’s mail-sorting hub in 1845. Eno Collection of New York City Views, New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-77da-d471-e040-e00a180654d7