James Farley was an American public official who served as the 53rd Postmaster General of the United States from 1933 to 1940. He is widely recognized as the namesake of the landmark James A. Farley Building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, which was officially renamed in his honor in 1982 to commemorate his service to the nation's postal system.
The monumental building, originally known as the Pennsylvania Terminal and later the General Post Office Building, was designed by the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White in the Beaux-Arts style. Constructed between 1911 and 1914, with an annex added in the 1930s, the structure served as the city's main United States Postal Service branch. It features an imposing Corinthian colonnade bearing the famous postal creed: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
Although Farley himself was not an author, his legacy is preserved through this historic civic landmark, which was designated a New York City landmark in 1966 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The building has since transitioned to house the Moynihan Train Hall and commercial office spaces.
