Office of the Register | |
 The former Queens Office of the Register, now the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning | |
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| Location | 161-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica,New York 11432, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′14″N73°47′53″W / 40.70375°N 73.79816°W /40.70375; -73.79816 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Neo-Italian Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002754[1] |
| NYCL No. | 0875 |
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| Added to NRHP | January 3, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | November 12, 1974 |
TheJamaica Center for Arts & Learning inJamaica, Queens,New York is aperforming andvisualarts center that was founded in 1972 in an effort to revitalize the surrounding business district. As of 2012, it serves more than 28,000 people annually via a 1,650square footgallery, a 99-seatproscenium theater, and art & music studios. The building that houses the center is the former Queens Register of Titles and Deeds Building, aNew York City landmark that is also listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.[2] Outside the building is thesidewalk clock on Jamaica Avenue, one of only two remainingcast-iron sidewalk clocks in New York City,[3] as well as a late-Victorian era headquarters of theJamaica Savings Bank next door.
Office of the Register, also known as Queens Register of Titles and Deeds Building, is a historic government building located in theJamaica section of theNew York Cityborough ofQueens. It was built between 1895 and 1913 and is an imposing, three story building with alimestone facade in theNeo-Italian Renaissance style. A rear five story addition was built in 1938. The facade features deep rustication on the first floor and a smoothashlar surface above. The building housed the Office of the Register until 1974, after which it became the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL).[4]
It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
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