Office of the Register

Office of the Register
Office of the Register
Office of the Register is located in New York City
Location: 161-04 Jamaica Ave., New York, New York
Coordinates: 40°42′13″N 73°47′57″W / 40.70361°N 73.79917°W / 40.70361; -73.79917Coordinates: 40°42′13″N 73°47′57″W / 40.70361°N 73.79917°W / 40.70361; -73.79917
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1904
Architectural style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Neo-Italian Renaissance
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#:

80002754

[1]
Added to NRHP: January 3, 1980

Office of the Register, also known as Queens Register of Titles and Deeds Building, is a historic government building located in the Jamaica section of the New York City borough of Queens. It was built between 1895 and 1913 and is an imposing, three story building with a limestone facade in the Neo-Italian Renaissance style. A rear five story addition was built in 1938. The facade features deep rustication on the first floor and a smooth ashlar surface above. The building housed the Office of the Register until 1974, after which it became the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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