{"nrhp_refnum":"74000684","name":"Federal Building and Courthouse","other_names":["U.S. Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"126 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gainesville","county":"Hall County","state":"GA","lat":34.29981733100004,"lon":-83.82601358299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-01-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A white marble federal building at 126 Washington Street in Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, built as a Post Office in 1909-1910 and enlarged with a four-story Federal Building and Courthouse addition completed in 1936.","why_significant":"The building survived the April 6, 1936 tornado that nearly destroyed downtown Gainesville, making it one of the town's oldest buildings, especially the original Post Office section. Its Classical Revival style makes it one of the most architecturally significant public buildings in the city.","narrative":"Gainesville's Federal Building and Courthouse combines two white marble structures on the edge of the downtown shopping district. The original Post Office, built in 1909 and 1910 at Washington and Green Streets, was designed under Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor and features arched openings, Ionic columns, a dentiled cornice and a balustrade. A four-story addition facing Spring Street was completed in 1936 and repeats the Classical Revival style, with carved stringcourses and a terra-cotta tiled entrance foyer. The building was one of the few downtown structures to survive the tornado of April 6, 1936, and is now counted among the town's oldest buildings. A statue of Colonel C. C. Sanders once stood at the corner, but the tornado broke it apart. The courtroom holds oak woodwork and a hallway oil painting by Daniel Boza. After the post office moved out in 1967, the building was renovated for federal offices and courts.","period_of_significance":"20th Century; completed 1910, addition completed 1936","architect_builder":"James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect for the Treasury Department; Allan C. Burdick, superintendent of construction; a New York contractor","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition; renovated after the postal service left in 1967 and now houses about fifteen federal agencies and courts. The third floor of the Post Office section was closed off.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.335348-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74000684.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000684/ff3b6f1410-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000684/ff3b6f1410-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Federal_Building-U.S._Courthouse,_Gainesville_(Hall_County,_Georgia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Federal_Building-U.S._Courthouse,_Gainesville_(Hall_County,_Georgia).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000873","name":"Gainesville Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/gainesville-commercial-historic-district-02000873/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208572","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Building_and_U.S._Courthouse_(Gainesville,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16891247"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/hall-county/federal-building-and-courthouse-74000684/"}