The lost City Hall Post Office and Courthouse building was
erected in five stories, between 1869 and 1880.
It was the home of the New York Post Office and also housed courtrooms and
federal offices on the third and fourth floors. It was located in the southern
end of
City-Hall Park, at the intersection of
Broadway and Park Row.
The former main Post Office was located in the Middle Dutch Church on Nassau Street. The new five-story building, with a mansard roof was designed by Alfred B. Mullett. It had a basement for sorting mail and a subbasement for machinery.
In August of 1875, before the building was completed, the Post Office was removed from the old premises at Nassau Street (former Middle Dutch Church) to the new building at City Hall Park.
On May 1, 1877, part of the roof fell on the upper floor, killing three men. By January 1878, the third-floor partitions on the Broadway side and the Park Row side cracked. Repairs were finished in 1880.
By 1938, the Post Office was removed to a renovated building in the Grand Central Station complex and the old building at City Hall Park was demolished in 1939.
