Old Post Office at Nassau Street

The old Post Office, established in the premises that formerly housed the Middle Dutch Church on the city block bounded by Liberty Street (tower side), Nassau St. (lateral) and Cedar Street (rear and box delivery side). Text on print: Front View of the New York Post Office, located by authority of the Hon. Charles A. Wickliffe, post master general, and arranged by John Lorimer Graham Esq., postmaster. Feb. 1st, 1845. Isaac Lucas, Superintendant. Martin E. Thompson, Architect. Endicott's Lithograph. Source: New York Public Library.

This building was originally completed in 1731 for the New Dutch Church (later renamed Middle Dutch Church), with the last service held in 1844. The new post office opened in this premises on February 1, 1845. In 1875, the post office was removed to a new building in the southern part of the City Hall Park.