{"nrhp_refnum":"08001319","name":"United States Post Office-Adel, Georgia","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"115 E. 4th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Adel","county":"Cook County","state":"GA","lat":31.13705728000008,"lon":-83.42257501399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-01-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Communications","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, five-bay brick post office at 115 East 4th Street in Adel, Cook County, Georgia, built 1939-1940 by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury under the Public Works Administration.","why_significant":"The post office is an intact example of a small-town Colonial Revival post office built from standardized Treasury Department plans between 1932 and 1942. It is also significant for communication, because it reflects national standards for receiving, sorting and delivering mail. It further represents federal efforts to improve small-town infrastructure during the New Deal.","narrative":"Located two blocks south of the Cook County courthouse in Adel, this one-story, five-bay brick building served as the town's post office from 1940 until 2001 and now functions as a museum. Planning began in 1937, and construction ran from 1939 to May 1940 under the Treasury's Office of the Supervising Architect with Public Works Administration funding. Its Colonial Revival design includes a flat roof, a small square cupola, marble beltcourse and sills, and a Classical door surround. Inside, the L-shaped lobby retains Etowah pink marble wainscoting, terrazzo floors, original desks and bulletin boards, and a service counter. A hidden lookout gallery above the vault allowed inspectors to watch employees. The building follows standardized plans used for roughly 65 small-town Georgia post offices of the era. It was listed for its architecture, its role in mail handling and communication, and its link to New Deal public works. Few alterations have occurred since construction.","period_of_significance":"1939-1958","architect_builder":"Simon, Louis A.-Supervising Architect, United States Treasury; Melick, Neal A.-Supervising Engineer, United States Treasury","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a post office until 2001, when a new facility opened outside downtown; its current function is listed as a museum. Few changes have been made to the building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.784135-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/08001319.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001319/cb11b62146-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001319/cb11b62146-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southwest_corner_of_Cook_County_Historical_Society_Museum.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</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:Southwest_corner_of_Cook_County_Historical_Society_Museum.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207651","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Adel,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891128"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cook-county/united-states-post-office-adel-georgia-08001319/"}