Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning in Jamaica, Queens, New York is a performing and visual arts 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 1,650 square foot gallery, a 99-seat proscenium theater, and art & music studios. The building that houses the center is the former Queens Register of Titles and Deeds Building, a New York City landmark that is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Outside the building is one of only two remaining cast-iron sidewalk clocks in New York City, as well as a late-Victorian era headquarters of the Jamaica Savings Bank next door.
Office of the Register | |
Eastbound sidewalk in front of the former Queens Office of the Register, now the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning | |
| Location | 161-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, New York 11432, USA |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′14″N 73°47′53″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Neo-Italian Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002754 |
| NYCL No. | 0875 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 3, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | November 12, 1974 |
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