{"nrhp_refnum":"74000681","name":"U.S. Post Office and Courthouse","other_names":["Old Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"76 Forsyth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.68430642900006,"lon":-84.39234185599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-02","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2015-07-21","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story, U-shaped granite and brick post office and courthouse at 76 Forsyth Street in downtown Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, first occupied in 1911 and designed by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most architecturally important and distinguished early twentieth-century buildings remaining downtown. It is a Second Renaissance Revival design that makes a major visual contribution to the central city. It also replaced an earlier brick post office built in 1876-1880.","narrative":"Covering a full downtown Atlanta block bounded by Forsyth, Walton, Fairlie and Poplar streets, this five-story, U-shaped federal building was first occupied in 1911 after more than three years of construction. James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, designed it in the Second Renaissance Revival style. Granite faces the street fronts, buff brick lines the courtyard side, and a heavy cornice hides the low roof. The Forsyth Street facade has a slight projection with balustraded balconies and tall arched courtroom windows. Inside, marble arches, wainscoting and staircases survive in the main post office area, and the third-floor courtroom has carved oak paneling that repeats exterior motifs. It replaced an earlier brick post office built in 1876-1880 and enlarged in 1889-1890. By 1931-1933 it became known as the Old Post Office when major postal services moved elsewhere. It is valued as one of the city's finest early twentieth-century buildings and as a strong visual presence downtown.","period_of_significance":"20th Century (completed 1911)","architect_builder":"James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department","architectural_style":"Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition on its original site, with few exterior alterations; occupied primarily by a post office station and the United States courts and related agencies.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.403949-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74000681.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000681/dfc0dc7c7e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000681/dfc0dc7c7e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Eoghanacht","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elbert-P-Tuttle-US-Courthouse-01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eoghanacht</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elbert-P-Tuttle-US-Courthouse-01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208376","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_P._Tuttle_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14686624"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/u-s-post-office-and-courthouse-74000681/"}