{"nrhp_refnum":"00000753","name":"United States Post Office-Decatur, Georgia","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"141 Trinity Place","address_restricted":false,"city":"Decatur","county":"DeKalb County","state":"GA","lat":33.776523274000056,"lon":-84.30366662499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story white marble post office at 141 Trinity Place in downtown Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia, built in 1935 by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","why_significant":"It is argued to be an outstanding example of stripped (starved) classicism in Georgia and the only Georgia post office with a white marble exterior. It also represents the federal government's New Deal efforts to improve the infrastructure of small towns through Public Works Administration projects.","narrative":"Built in 1935, this one-story marble post office stands at the corner of Church Street and Trinity Place, one block east of the DeKalb County Courthouse in downtown Decatur. Designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury under Louis A. Simon, it follows the austere \"starved\" classical manner, with a flat roof, smooth walls, recessed door and window openings, and a stylized Greek fret around the exterior. It is described as the only post office in Georgia clad in white marble and was probably modeled on the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington. It was funded through the Public Works Administration during the New Deal. The building served as a post office until 1967, when it became a federal building and lost most interior features. It was sold in 1987 and rehabilitated in the 1990s as a photographic studio. Its significance rests on its intact exterior and its link to federal public works.","period_of_significance":"1935","architect_builder":"Simon, Louis A. (Supervising Architect); Melick, Neal A. (Supervising Engineer)","architectural_style":"Other: Starved Classicism","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Served as a post office until 1967, then a federal building; rehabilitated for use as a photographic studio and certified in 1996. The interior is heavily altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.314915-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/00000753.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000753/68dd76d2ea-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000753/68dd76d2ea-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"strixxvaria","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_United_States_Post_Office,_Decatur_GA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">strixxvaria</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_United_States_Post_Office,_Decatur_GA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000358","name":"Ponce de Leon Terrace-Ponce de Leon Heights-Clairmont Estates Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/ponce-de-leon-terrace-ponce-de-leon-heights-clairmont-estates-historic-district-14000358/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207818","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134296096"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dekalb-county/united-states-post-office-decatur-georgia-00000753/"}