Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Office of the Register

| nrhp_type =

| image = Office of the Register 2012-09-27 161-10 Jamaica Av jeh.jpg

| caption = 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

| coordinates = {{coord|40.70375|-73.79816|format=dms|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York City

| built = 1904

| architecture = Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Neo-Italian Renaissance

| added = January 3, 1980

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 80002754

| designated_other2_name = New York City Landmark

| designated_other2_date = November 12, 1974

| designated_other2_abbr = NYCL

| designated_other2_link = New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

| designated_other2_number = 0875

| designated_other2_color = #ffe978

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.jcal.org/about/history.html|title=History|publisher=Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning|access-date=2012-08-30}} Outside the building is one of only two remaining cast-iron sidewalk clocks in New York City,{{cite web|title=Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/new-york-city/sights/gallery/jamaica-center-for#ixzz24z7X3knH|work=New York City Sights|publisher=Lonely Planet|access-date=2012-08-30}} as well as a late-Victorian era headquarters of the Jamaica Savings Bank next door.

Queens Register of Titles and Deeds Building

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 & Learning (JCAL).{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7361|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Office of the Register|date=October 1989|access-date=2011-01-16|author1=David J. Framberger|author2=Joan R. Olshansky|author3=Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation|archive-date=2012-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018220106/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7361|url-status=dead}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7373|title=Accompanying three photos|access-date=2013-08-29|archive-date=2016-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918072648/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7373|url-status=dead}}

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